The Police Service Commission on Friday, promoted four
Assistant Inspectors- General of Police and one Commissioner of Police to the
substantive rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.
The new DIGs were expected to represent their geo-political
zones in the Police Management Team.
They are Usman Baba, currently acting DIG Administration;
Dan Mallam Mohammed, AIG in charge of Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State; David
Folawiyo, AIG in charge of Zone 17, Akure and Joseph Egbunike, CP, Budget.
According to a statement by the PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, the decision was taken at the
meeting of the commission in Abuja.
The commission also promoted 13 CPs to AIG. They include,
CP, Kebbi State, Augunbiade Lasore; retired CPs Uche Anozie, and Kenneth Ebrimson; CP, Osun State, Undie Adie
and Olugbenga Adeyanju, CP, Adamawa State.
Others are CP, Edo
State, Johnson Kokumo; the Commandant,
Police College, Ikeja, Ajani Babatunde; retired CP Olukolu Shina; former Force
Public Relations Officer and currently, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos,
Awunah Donald.
The list also include the CP, Delta State, Hafiz Inuwa; CP
Interpol, Garba Umar; CP Armament,
Omololu Bishi and Isaac Akinmoyede, presently CP Imo State.
The statement read in part, “The 23 Deputy Commissioners of
Police promoted to the next rank of Commissioner of Police include, retired DCP
Godwin Job; DCP OPS, Kwara, Abimbola Shokoya and DCP Administration, Bauchi,
Christopher Owolabi.
“The commission also promoted 599 Superintendents of Police
to the next rank of Chief Superintendent of Police. They include; Etim Inyang, FCT Command, SP Glory Udoka, O/C
Gender Unit, State CID, Enugu; Celestina
Kalu, former PPRO, Delta State and currently DPO Ogudu, Lagos State.”
The PSC equally elevated 21 officers who lost their lives
during the #EndSARS protests and another 121 officers injured during the
crisis.
The PSC Chairman, Musiliu Smith, who presided over the
meeting enjoined the beneficiaries to rededicate themselves to the service of
their fatherland.
He promised that the commission would continue to ensure
that promotion of deserving police officers “will be prompt and merit-driven.”
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