The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 66 senior Police officers.
The commission approved the promotion of 20 police commissioners to the next rank of assistant inspectors general of police.
It also considered and approved the promotion of 19 deputy commissioners to the substantive rank of commissioner of police.
Thirteen superintendents of police and 14 deputy superintendents were also elevated to the following ranks.
The new assistant inspectors general of Police are Fasuba Akinyele Olabode, CP Special Fraud Unit, Force Headquarters; Musibau Omolabi Ajani, CP Admin, FCID; Aliyu Abubakar Musa, CP Katsina State Command; Patrick Adedeji Atayero, former CP Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOD; Force Headquarters, CP Anti Fraud section FCID, Director of Sports Nigeria Police Force and Deputy Commissioner Finance and Administration Force Headquarters; Gyogon Augustine Grimah, CP Cross Rivers State Command and Olaiya Victor Mobolaji, CP Kwara State Command.
Others are Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere, CP Taraba State Command and Commandant Police College Oji River; Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, CP Fom, Force Headquarters; Olalolu Adebowale Adegbite, CP Interpol FCID; Godwin Iguh Eze, CP SEB, FCID Annex Lagos; and Disu Olatunji Rilwan, CP Federal Capital Territory.
The commission also promoted to the rank of AIG, Alausa Hakeem Tolani, CP Admin PAB, Force Headquarters; Kareem Musa; CP Interpol Annex, Lagos; Mohammed Shehu Dalijan; CP Zamfara state Command; Dan-Mamman Shawulu; CP Niger State Command; Clement Robert; CP SERVICOM R&PForce Headquarters; Musa Auwal Mohammed; CP Bauchi State Command; Thomas Abraham Nabhoni; Office of the National Security Adviser; CP Abel Jangnap Miri Zwalchir ICT. Force Headquarters and CP Ifeanyi Uka, Cp Works, Force Headquarters, former Head of Projects and Equipment at the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; AGM Project and later Ag. MD/CEO of the Nigeria Police Force Property Development and Construction Company Limited.
The 19 deputy commissioners of police promoted to the next rank of commissioners of police are Usman Tahir, DCP R&P Force Headquarters, Sunday J.A. Okoebor; DCP Admin and Finance Force Headquarters; Ayodeji Faniyan; DCP Zonal CID, Zone 5, Benin; Saka Adewale Ajao; DCP Zonal CID, Zone 2, Lagos; Omole Ola, DCP PSFU, Lagos and Hope Urunwa Okafor, Deputy Force Provost, Force Headquarters, former Deputy Commissioner Administration, Osun State, Area Commander, K, Morogbo, Badagri and ACP Admin, Plateau State Command.
Others are; Ajo Geofrey Ordue; DCP DFA, Zone 17 Akure; Olufunke Adebayo; DC Pensions Force Headquarters; Ogunbode; Stephen Olubunmi Ogedengbe; DCP X squad, FCID Force Headquarters; Iyabode Oluwatoyin Agbaminoja; DCP SCID, Oyo State Command; Adebowale Lawal; DCP State CID, Enugu State Command; Ojo Adekimi DCP Operations Kwara state Command, and Yemi John Oyeniyi, DCP DFA, Ondo state Command.
