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 officers’ successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the commission.
The approvals were granted at the PSC plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday and presided over by its Chairman, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Hashimu Salihu Argungu.
According to a statement by the commission’s Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu, two AIGs, Olaolu Adegbite and Dankombo F. Morris, were elevated to the rank of DIG.
Adegbite, who heads the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, while Morris, the head of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi, Benue State, formerly served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The commission also promoted 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of AIG, while 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police were elevated to CP.
In other categories, 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police were promoted to Deputy Commissioners, 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners, 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.
The commission further approved the promotion of 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police to the rank of Deputy Superintendents.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as a call to greater service and improved performance.
He stressed that much was expected of them in the discharge of their responsibilities, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.
