Police Service Commission Promotes Senior Officers
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 175 senior Police Officers in the country.
This information was made known during the 9th plenary meeting of the Commission, which was held in Abuja on September 28 and 29, 2020.
The Spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement, said that the Commission promoted one Assistant Inspector General of Police, Sanusi Lemu, to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police, to replace retired DIG Abdulmajid Ali, representing the North Central.
He also said the Commission approved the promotion of one Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, former CP Anambra and Rivers States, to the substantive rank of AIG.
Among those promoted were;
167 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents,
Three Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents,
Two Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendents and
Four Inspectors to Assistant Superintendents of Police.
The 167 Superintendents of Police promoted to Chief Superintendents include Hezekiah Ali, Chukwuma Johnson Ubasonye, Samson Oyemauche, Ismail Lawal, Oyedele Saka Oyerinde and Nieketien George.
Others were Adamu Garba, Divisional Police Officer, Abakaliki Road, Enugu State Command; Ikechukwu Ogoegbunam Udegbunam, Unit Commander, Explosive Ordinance Department, Jalingo, Taraba State Command; Abiodun Oluwaseun Ayinde, Ogun State Command; and Wellinghton Omorogieva among others.
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