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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 4,124 senior police officers, including two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) elevated to Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Commissioners of Police (CPs) promoted to AIGs and 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) elevated to CPs.
The commission also approved the promotion of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to DCPs, 49 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to ACPs, 245 Superintendents of Police (SPs) to CSPs, 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to SPs and 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) to DSPs.
The promotions followed examinations and oral interviews conducted by the commission as part of its personnel advancement process.
Head of Protocol and Public Relations of the PSC, Torty Njoku, disclosed this in a statement issued after the commission’s plenary meeting held on Thursday in Abuja and presided over by its chairman, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police Hashimu Salihu Argungu.
According to the statement, the two officers promoted to the rank of DIG are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Police Headquarters, Makurdi, Benue State.
The 10 officers elevated to the rank of AIG are Omosanyin Olusegun, Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, CP, Ondo State Command; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, listed as AIG/Executive Secretary, Nigeria Police Cooperative; and Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP General Investigation, FCID Annex, Enugu.
Others are Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP, Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, fdc, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP, Nasarawa State Command; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP, Osun State Command; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP General Investigation, FCID Kaduna.
The 17 officers promoted to the rank of CP are Nache Bashir Liman, Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Isiaka O. Salau, Usman Shaik Adamu, Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Sani Adamu Nufawa, Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.
The newly promoted CPs were previously deployed to various departments and formations, including the FCID, State Criminal Investigation Departments, finance and administration units, the Police Airwing and forensic services.
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Among the 85 ACPs promoted to DCPs are Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Police Command.
The commission also approved the promotion of 49 CSPs to ACPs. They include Danjuma Ribah of the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos; Peter Ajah Oluohu of the Cross River State Police Command; Effiom Okon of the Anambra State Police Command; Emmanuel Kayode of the Lagos State Police Command; and Mohammed Bello Goshe, Divisional Police Officer, Madalla Division.
Similarly, 245 SPs were promoted to CSPs. They include the Police Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory Command, Josephine Adeh, and her Adamawa State counterpart, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje.
Others in the category are Abah James of the Rivers State Police Command; Okere Romanus, Divisional Police Officer, Isiowulu Division, Anambra State; Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex, Officer-in-Charge of the Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia; Vincent Elekwa of the Rivers State Command; Umar Sani of the FCT Command; and Mustapha Mohammed.
The PSC further approved the promotion of 498 DSPs to SPs. They include Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of the 12 Police Mobile Force Squadron, Minna; and Akadu Godwin of the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The largest category comprised 3,218 ASPs elevated to DSPs. They include 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 Force Headquarters, Abuja; and Dauda Yusuf Olatunji, also of the Force Headquarters.
Others are Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team, Abuja, and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as an opportunity to demonstrate greater professionalism, commitment and dedication to duty.
He said the commission expected improved performance from the beneficiaries, particularly in protecting lives and property, maintaining public order and enforcing the law.
Argungu reminded the officers that promotion came with increased responsibilities and higher public expectations, stressing that they must justify the confidence reposed in them through diligence and effective service delivery.
