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 issued by the PSC Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, the approvals were granted at the commission’s plenary meeting held on Thursday in Abuja.
The two AIGs elevated to the rank of DIG are Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and 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.
The 10 officers promoted from CP to AIG include Omosanyin Olusegun, Ogbodo Ugobueze, Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, Regina Cosmas Udoette, Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, Nwogoh Martin, Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Ibrahim D. Gotan and Danjuma I. Yahaya.
The commission also approved the promotion of 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
Among the 85 officers elevated from Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to DCP were Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh of the Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.
Similarly, 49 officers were promoted from Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to ACP, while 245 Superintendents of Police (SPs) were elevated to CSP.
Those promoted to CSP included Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer of Adamawa State Command; Abah James of Rivers State Command; and Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex, Officer-in-Charge of the Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia.
In addition, 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) were promoted to SP, while other officers were elevated from Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to DSP.
Among those promoted to DSP were 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; and Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Force Intelligence Department’s Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT), Abuja.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), urged them to regard their promotions as motivation to redouble their efforts in discharging their responsibilities.
He emphasised that the promotions came with greater responsibilities, stressing that much was expected of the officers, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.
