The Police Service Commission has promoted 13 Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General after passing written and oral examinations.

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) after they successfully completed the recently concluded written examinations and oral interviews conducted at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.

The list of the successful officers has been forwarded to the Inspector-General of Police for immediate implementation.

According to a statement by the Head of Protocol and Public Affairs of the Commission, Torty Njoku Kalu, the newly promoted AIGs included Emmanuel Ado Christopher, former Commissioner of Police in Yobe State; Joseph Eribo, former CP Ekiti State; Dantawaye Miller, former CP Federal Capital Territory; and Uche Ifeanyi Henry, PhD, Director of the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre.

Others were 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, 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 (CPs).

Those promoted were Abdulrahim Audu Shaibu, Commander NIWA Lokoja; Abbas Sule, DC DFA INTERPOL; Ojugbele E. Adebola, DC OPS Zone 2 Lagos; Preye Raymond Egbetokun, DC DFA Akwa Ibom Command; and Kayode Uthman Magaji, Community Policing, Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Also promoted were Adebisi Bola Lateef, DC DFA Osun Command; Markus Ishaku Basiran, DC DFA Zone 6 Calabar; Silas Bamidele Aremu, DD Admin DoLS; Sylvester Onyie Uzoefuna, DC DOPS Cross River Command; Magaji Ismaila, DC Projects PAB Force Headquarters Abuja.

Theodore Chukwuemeka Obasi, DC Maritime Lagos; Sarah Idowu Ehindero, DC DFA Ogun State Command; Hayatu ShaffaHassan, DC SID Abia State Command; Mohammed Babakura, DC Inspectorate DTD; Danjuma I. Yahaya, DC DOPS Zone 12 Bauchi; and Rebecca Uchenna Okereke, Band Master.

Additionally, 19 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) were elevated to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), while 35 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) were promoted to Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs).

Congratulating the officers, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, HashimuSalihu Argungu, described the promotions as recognition of merit, dedication and excellence in service.

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

Argungu stressed that promotion in the Commission was guided by transparency and merit, noting that officers, who failed the examinations were required to resit them, while three consecutive failures could lead to retirement in line with the Public Service Rules.

He also commended members of the PSC board, including retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Paul Adamu Galumje; retired DIG Taiwo Lakanu; and the Secretary to the Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, for their contributions to the success of the exercise.

The Commission reiterated its commitment to strengthening professionalism and accountability in the Nigeria Police Force through a transparent and rigorous promotion process.