The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 12 police commissioners to the next rank of assistant inspectors-general.
The 12 commissioners of police promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police are Johnson Oluwole Adenola, current Commissioner of Police, Oyo State; former Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police and also former Deputy Commissioner Operations, Delta State Command; Ako Benedict Gabriel, Current CP Anti-Fraud; Ahmadu Tijani Abdullahi, CP Jigawa State; Emmanuel Adegbola Aina, acting AIG Intelligence, Force Intelligence; Omolara Ibidun Oloruntola.
Others are Hassan Abdu Yababet, CP, Police College Jos; Bretet Emmanuel Simon, CP Taraba; Enyinnaya Inonachi Adiogu, CP FCID, Gombe Zonal Command; Aminu Baba Raji, CP Special Unit, FCID, Alagbon; Mohammed Mu’azu Usman, CP Eastern Ports, Port Harcourt.
Festus Chinedu Oko, acting AIG DLS Department, Force Headquarters; and Ronke Nurat Okunade, Special Fraud Unit FCID Annex Lagos.
The commission also approved the promotion of 16 deputy commissioners to substantive commissioners and 27 assistant commissioners to deputy commissioners.
One assistant commissioner was absent for the exercise and was not promoted.
The commission also approved the promotion of 145 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners, including General Duty Police Officers and specialists such as Officers from Airwing, Medical Doctors and Dentists, Pharmacists, Lab Scientists, physiotherapists, and Nurses. Others are Priests, Airwing, and aircraft Engineers.
29 Superintendents of Police, all Specialists ( Info-Tec, Works and AFIS), were also promoted to the next rank of Chief Superintendents of Police. The Commission also approved the promotion of 38 Deputy Superintendents (Specialists) to the next rank of Superintendents.
The 16 deputy commissioners promoted to full Commissioners are: Uduak Otu Ita; Sheikh Mohammed Danko; Charles Ezekwesiri Dike; Nnana Oji Ama, DC Intelligence FCID; Gabriel Onyilo Eliagwu; Abiola Reuben Olutunde; Yakubu Useni Dankaro; Michael Adegoroye Falade; Aina Adesola; and Umar Ahmed Chuso.
Others are: Emefile Tony Osifo; Innocent Ilogbunam Anagbado; Musa Mohammed Sani; Victor Avwerosuo Erivwode, DC SEB, FCID; Omoikhudu Philip; and Sylvester Edogbanya.
