The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The promotions followed the successful performance of the officers in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the commission.
According to a statement by the Head of Protocol and Public Relations of the PSC, Torty Njoku Kalu, the approvals were granted at the commission’s plenary meeting held on Thursday in Abuja.
The two officers elevated to the rank of DIG are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who currently heads Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.
Adegbite holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and an MA in Philology from the Pushkin Institute, Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School.
He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Morris, who hails from Gombe State, holds a BA in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State before his current posting to Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.
The commission also approved the elevation of 10 CPs to the rank of AIG. They include Omosanyin Olusegun, CP Admin, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, CP Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP GI, FCID Annex, Enugu; and Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP Abia State Command.
Others are Nwogoh Martin, fdc, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP Nasarawa; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP GI, FCID, Kaduna.
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police. They include Nache Bashir Liman, Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Isiaka O. Salau, Usman Shaik Adamu, Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu and Sani Adamu Nufawa.
Others are Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.
At the lower senior ranks, 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police were elevated to Deputy Commissioners of Police, while 49 Chief Superintendents of Police were promoted to Assistant Commissioners of Police.
Among the newly promoted DCPs are ACP Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; ACP Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and ACP Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.
The 49 officers promoted from CSP to ACP include Danjuma Ribah of the Special Forces Unit, Lagos; Peter Ajah Oluohu of Cross River State Command; Effiom Okon of Anambra State Command; Emmanuel Kayode of Lagos State Command; and Mohammed Bello Goshe, Divisional Police Officer, Madalla Division.
The PSC further approved the promotion of 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents of Police.
Among them are Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa State Command; Abah James of Rivers State Command; Okere Romanus, DPO, Isiowulu Division, Anambra State; and Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex, Officer-in-Charge, Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia.
Others include Vincent Elekwa of Rivers State Command, Umar Sani of FCT Command and Mustapha Mohammed.
In addition, 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police were promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police.
The officers include Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of the 12 PMF Squadron, Minna; and Akadu Godwin of the Tactical Intelligence Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The commission also approved the promotion of officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police to Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Among those promoted are Frank Okafor, former Chief Security Officer of Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo; Samson Sule, Chief Security Officer to the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; Ibrahim Abuh of the Confidential Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of FID-IRT, Force Headquarters; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.), urged them to see their elevation as a call to greater service and an opportunity to demonstrate renewed commitment to their responsibilities.
He emphasised that promotion comes with increased expectations, particularly in the protection of lives and property, maintenance of law and order, and enforcement of the law.
Argungu charged the officers to redouble their efforts and justify the confidence reposed in them through professionalism, dedication and effective service delivery.
