BREAKING: PSC Elevates 66 Senior Police Officers In Major Promotion Exercise

In a statement released on Monday, PSC spokesman Ikechukwu Ani announced that the promoted officers include 20 Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs), 19 Commissioners of Police (CPs), and 27 Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Police (DCPs and ACPs). Additionally, 13 Superintendents of Police (SPs) and 14 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) were elevated to Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs), respectively.

Among those promoted to the rank of AIG 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 Ordinance Disposal (EOD), Force Headquarters
• Gyogon Augustine Grimah – CP, Cross Rivers State Command
• Olaiya Victor Mobolaji – CP, Kwara State Command
• Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere – CP, Taraba State Command & Commandant, Police College Oji River
• Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu – CP, Force Headquarters
• Olalolu Adebowale Adegbite – CP, Interpol, FCID
• Godwin Iguh Eze – CP, SEB, FCID Annex, Lagos
• Disu Olatunji Rilwan – CP, Federal Capital Territory

Others promoted include:

• 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 & P, Force Headquarters
• Musa Auwal Mohammed – CP, Bauchi State Command
• Thomas Abraham Nabhoni – Office of the National Security Adviser
• Abel Jangnap Miri Zwalchir – CP, ICT, Force Headquarters
• Ifeanyi Uka – CP, Works, Force Headquarters

The 19 newly promoted Commissioners of Police (CPs) include:

• Usman Tahir – DCP, R & P, Force Headquarters
• Sunday J.A. Okoebor – DCP, Admin & 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
• Hope Urunwa Okafor – Deputy Force Provost, Force Headquarters
• Ajo Geoffrey Ordue – DCP, DFA, Zone 17, Akure
• Olufunke Adeayo – DC, Pensions, Force Headquarters
• Stephen Olubunmi Ogedengbe – DCP, X Squad, FCID
• Iyabode Oluwatoyin Agbaminoja – DCP, SCID, Oyo State Command
• Adebowale Lawal – DCP, State CID, Enugu State Command
• Ojo Adekimi – DCP, Operations, Kwara State Command
• Yemi John Oyeniyi – DCP, DFA, Ondo State Command

Additional promoted officers include:

• Obasi Mary Okereke – DCP, Disaster Management Ops, Force Headquarters
• Moses Ashu Ottah – DCP, Ops, Eastern Ports, Port Harcourt
• Felix Akoneme Nnebue – DCP, ZCID, Zone 16, Yenagoa
• Gazali Alade Abdul-Salaam – DCP, CID, Railway Command, Lagos
• Fidelis Ndubuisi Ogarabe – DCP, Administration, Anambra State Command
• Olubode Ojajuni – DCP, State CID, Ogun State Command

The promotion exercise was overseen by PSC Chairman DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd.), alongside DIG Taiwo Lakanu (rtd.) and the Commission’s Secretary, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani.4