PSC promotes 13 commissioners of Police to AIG  

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 13 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) following their successful completion of written examinations and oral interviews conducted at the Commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja.

The commission disclosed that the list of successful officers has already been forwarded to the Olatunji Disu, the Inspector-General of Police, for immediate implementation within the Nigeria Police Force.

According to a statement issued by Torty  Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Affairs of the PSC,  the promotion exercise was part of the commission’s ongoing efforts to strengthen professionalism, meritocracy and operational efficiency within the police hierarchy.

Among the newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police are Emmanuel Ado Christopher, former Commissioner of Police in Yobe State; Joseph Eribo, former CP in Ekiti State; Dantawaye Miller, former CP of the Federal Capital Territory; and Uche Ifeanyi Henry, Director of the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre.

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Other officers elevated to the AIG rank include Olarenwaju Peter Ogunlowo, former CP Ogun State; Muhammad Dahiru, former CP Jigawa State; Dankombo Morris, former CP Adamawa State; Bello Shehu, former CP Katsina State; Ibrahim B. Maikaba, former CP Zamfara State; Ahmed Musa, former CP Sokoto State; Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, former CP Lagos State; Simeon Udofia Akpanudom, former CP Anti-Fraud at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex Lagos; and Haruna Olufemi, former CP Oyo State.

In the same promotion exercise, the commission elevated 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to the rank of Commissioners of Police.

Those promoted include Abdulrahim Audu Shaibu, Commander of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) unit in Lokoja; Abbas Sule, Deputy Commissioner in charge of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) INTERPOL; Ojugbele E. Adebola, Deputy Commissioner of Operations in Zone 2 Lagos; Preye Raymond Egbetokun, DC DFA in Akwa Ibom Command; and Kayode Uthman Magaji of the Community Policing, Research and Planning Department at Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Others are Adebisi Bola Lateef, DC DFA Osun Command; Markus Ishaku Basiran, DC DFA Zone 6 Calabar; Silas Bamidele Aremu, Deputy Director of Administration at the Department of Logistics and Supply; Sylvester Uzoefuna, DC Operations in Cross River Command; and Magaji Ismaila, DC Projects at the Police Affairs Bureau, Force Headquarters.

Also promoted were Theodore Chukwuemeka Obasi, DC Maritime Lagos; Sarah Idowu Ehindero, DC DFA Ogun State Command; Hayatu Shaffa Hassan, DC State Intelligence Department in Abia Command; Mohammed Babakura, DC Inspectorate Department; Danjuma  Yahaya, DC Operations Zone 12 Bauchi; and Rebecca Uchenna Okereke, the Band Master.

The commission also approved the promotion of 19 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police, while 35 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) were elevated to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police.

Hashimu Argungu, Chairman of the PSC,  described the promotions as recognition of merit, dedication and professional excellence in service to the nation.

Argungu urged the newly promoted officers to justify their elevation through renewed commitment to effective policing and improved national security outcomes.

He stressed that the promotion process conducted by the commission was guided by transparency, fairness and strict adherence to merit.

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According to him, officers who failed the required examinations were mandated to resit them, noting that failure in three consecutive attempts could lead to retirement in line with existing Public Service Rules.

The PSC chairman also commended members of the commission’s board for their roles in ensuring the credibility of the exercise.

These include retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Paul Adamu Galumje; retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police Taiwo Lakanu; and the Secretary to the Commission, Onyemuche Nnamani.

The commission reiterated its commitment to strengthening professionalism, discipline and accountability in the Nigeria Police Force through a rigorous and transparent promotion system designed to reward competence and service excellence.