FULL LIST: Police Promote 25 Senior Officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of 25 senior officers, including 15 Commissioners of Police (CPs) and 10 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). The promotions elevate these officers to the ranks of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIG) and Commissioners of Police (CP) respectively

Among the notable promotions, Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 14 Katsina, has been elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). The officers underwent a compulsory interactive promotion interview as part of the elevation process. Solomon Arase, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and current Chairman of the PSC, emphasized the need for the officers to prepare for the challenges of modern policing, especially in the information age.

“In the emerging dynamic and ubiquity of crime and criminality within the revolution in Information and Communication technology, charting out pathways for effective policing and internal security management would have to necessarily orient from informed crafting and employment of applicable mix of strategies, standard operating procedures and tactics by the Police, other law enforcement and regulatory agencies of the state, mainstreaming a knowledge-driven Police Force staffed by a mentally mobile workforce refined for optimum service delivery,” Arase stated.

The Commissioners of Police promoted to AIG are:

• Ahmed Ammani, ICT Department, Force Headquarters
• Mohammed Dankwara Adamu, Deputy Commandant, Police Academy, Wudil Kano
• Gumel Mohammed Usaini, CP Kano State Command
• Hamzat Adebola Ayinde, CP Oyo State Command
• Okuoma Idegwu Basil, CP Elections, Force Headquarters Abuja
• Achinyan Zachary’s Fera, CP FCID Enugu
• Baba Zango Ibrahim, CP DFA, FCID, Abuja
• Mohammed Isyaku, CP Admin, FCID Annex Lagos
• Margaret Agebe Ochalla, CP Police Special Fraud Unit Annex Lagos

Deputy Commissioners of Police promoted to CP are:

• Bassey Samuel Ewah, Administration Department of Operations, Force Headquarters
• Osagie John Agans-Irabor, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Benue State Command
• Edem Ita Selong, Administration and Finance, Zone 9 Umuahia
• Monday Agbonika, Interpol Annex Lagos
• Michael Okoh, Department of Operations, Zone 9 Umuahia
• Ayodele Oluyemi Sonubi, State CID, Oyo State Command
• Iyama Daniel Edobor, Operations Department, Bayelsa State Command
• Isa Danladi Nda, SWAT, FCID Abuja
• Akaniyene Ifebem Ezima, Zonal CID, Zone 17 Akure
• Livingston Ikioye Orutugu, Commandant PMF Training School Ende Hills Jos

Other DCPs elevated to CP include:

• Bello Rashid Afegbua, Admin, Department of Training, Force Headquarters, Abuja
• Hycenth Azuka Edozie, Force Operations FCID, FHQ Abuja
• Haruna Alaba Yahaya, Interpol, FCID Abuja
• Peter Ozigi Umoru, Zonal CID, Zone 8, Lokoja
• Ayotunde Godwin Omodeinde, Operations Department, Cross Rivers State Command

The PSC’s statement confirmed that the list of promoted officers has been sent to the Inspector General of Police for implementation.