The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of
24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of
Police.
The Commission also approved the promotion of 35 Deputy
Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners, 52 Assistant
Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners and 46 Chief Superintendents of
Police to Assistant Commissioners.
The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations,
Ikechukwu Ani, made this known in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘PSC Promotes
24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, Drops Ibrahim Magu’.
According to Ani, the decisions were the highpoints of the
Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was
presided over by the Commission’s Chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector
General of Police.
Similarly, the Police Service Commission confirmed the
acting appointments of three Deputy Inspectors General of Police. Those whose
acting appointments were confirmed were Tijanni Baba who replaced DIG Aminchi
Baraya (rtd.) in the North-East; Zanna Ibrahim, who replaced DIG Ibrahim
Larmode (rtd.), in the North-East; and Moses Jitoboh who replaced DIG Ogbizi
Michael (rtd.) in the South-South zone.
The statement further read, “It also considered and approved
the promotion of 10 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents, 17
Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents, 139 Assistant
Superintendents of Police, whose names were skipped during the last promotion,
to Deputy Superintendents and nine Inspectors to Assistant Superintendents of
Police.
“The 24 Commissioners of Police promoted to Assistant
Inspectors General of Police were; Usman Nagogo, currently CP Federal
Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters Abuja; Bala Ciroma, CP, FCT Command;
Ahmad Abdurrahman, NIPPS, Jos; Adeleke Bode, CP, Kebbi State Command; Muri
Musa, CP Kaduna State Command; Lawal Tanko, (former COMPOL POPOL) and presently
Commandant Police Academy Wudil Kano; Dauda Abdulkarim, Commandant Police
Traning College Kaduna; Usman Belele, CP Research and Development, Force
Headquarters Abuja.
Others are “Adebola Emmanuel Longe, CP. Nasarawa State; Musa
Adze, CP Anti Fraud, FCIID, Abuja; Philip Sule, former CP Ebonyi and currently
CP SPU Force Headquarters, Abuja; Usman Sule Gomna, CP Jigawa State Command;
Adamu Usman, CP Niger State Command; Daniel Sokari Pedro, Deputy Commandant,
Police Academy Wudil, Kano; Ahmed Mohammed Azare, CP Taraba Command; Adamu
Saleh Jajeri; Maigana Alhaji Sani, CP FCIID Annex Kaduna; Audu Adamu Madaki,
former CP Welfare, presently CP, Benue State; and Ibrahim Sani Kaoje; NIPPS”.
Also promoted were “John Ogbonnaya Amadi CP Airport Command;
Ede Ayuba Ekpeji, CP Kogi State Command; Mohammed Bagega, Kwara State Command;
Bello Makwashi, CP Borno State Command, Buba Sanusi, CP Katsina State Command”.
“The 35 Deputy Commissioners of Police promoted to
Commissioners include; Idowu Owohunwa, Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector
General of Police; Babaji Sunday, Deputy Commissioner, Operations, FCT Command,
Arungwa Udochukwu Nwazue, former DCP, Operations, FCT and currently DCP, Ops
Zone 9, Umuahia; Ayuba Elkana, DCP Ops Zamfara State Command; Mohammed Barde,
DCP CID, Borno State Command; Abdullahi Mudasiru, DCP Force Intelligence Annex
Lagos; Salisu Gedeji, DCP Training FHQs Abuja; Umar Mohammed Na, Isa DCP Ops,
Jigawa; Musa Baba, DCP Armament, FHQs Abuja; D.D Kromda; Chollong Gyang DCP,
CID Zamfara; and Aliyu Tafida.
“Others were; Abubakar Lawal; Aliyu Haruna; Alhassan Aminu,
Abdul Umar; Vincent Amakiri; Adewale Harry; A.M Williams; Shettima Zanna; Ebong
Eribo, DCP Admin, Bayelsa State Command; Adepoju Ilori, DCP Accounts and
Budget, Force Headquarters, Okon Okon, DCP, National Defence College, Abuja;
Echeng Echeng DCP Zone 13, Ukpo; Sussan Horsfal, former DCP CID Airports
Command and presently DCP CID, Akwa Ibom State Command; Adeshina Morenkeji,
Augustine Arop, former DCP Admin, Akwa Ibom State Command and presently DCP
CID, Osun State Command and Bankole Lanre Sikiru, DCP Interpol Lagos among others.
“The 52 Assistant Commissioners of Police promoted to Deputy
Commissioners include; Akinbayo Olasunkanmi Olasoji, Area Commander, Area B,
Apapa, Lagos; Bello Yahaya, ACP Ops, FIB, Abuja; Bakori A. Ibrahim, former PSO
to Inspector General of Police and presently Commandant Bayelsa State Task
Force on Operation Doo Apo; Adepoju Olugbenga Adewole, Area Commander P,
Alagbon Close, Lagos sate Command; Ajide Olayinka; Alice Agba; Sadiq Idris;
Mustapha Abubakar; Agbo Godwin; Aliyu Iliya; and Samuel Oke.
“Some of the Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to
ACPs include; Ibrahim Ada Usman; Jatau Hassan Anga second in command 23 PMF,
Lagos; Benjamin Ogungbure; Elechi Raphael Nkem; Shehu Sambo, Makanjuola Abiodun
and Abayomi Olugbenga Megbope.
“Olusegun Rafiu, Mohammed Awwal Yahaya and Ben Kalio were
some of the ten Superintendents of Police promoted to Chief Superintendents,
while Erhabor Orobosa Henry was one of the 17 DSPs promoted to Superintendents
of Police.
“The Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith, congratulated
the beneficiaries and demanded of them, a commitment to the service of the
Nigerian nation and to operate within the laws of the land and with the fear of
God. He said the Commission will continue to ensure that promotions in the
Police will follow due process and as and when due.”
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