Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted the commissioner of police, FCT, CP Ben Igweh, to the rank of assistant inspector-general of police.
Igweh is among 684 senior police officers promoted after the plenary session of the PSC in Abuja yesterday.
The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd).
A breakdown of the list showed that eight commissioners of police were elevated to the rank of assistant inspectors-general of police while 15 deputy commissioners of police were promoted to the next rank of full commissioners of police.
52 chief superintendents of police were also promoted to assistant commissioners of police, 525 superintendents of police promoted to the rank of chief superintendents of police and 84 deputy superintendents promoted to superintendents of police.
Spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said the eight commissioners of police and 15 deputy commissioners were subjected to some form of assessment/examination, a condition now precedent for their promotion to the new ranks.
