The promotion of the 684
senior Police Officers took place on Friday, 30th August 2024, at the first
Plenary Meeting of the new Board of the Police Service Commission.
According to the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani said the meeting presided over by the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni had in attendance, DIG Taiwo Lakanu, rtd, Honourable Commissioner and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission.
Ikechukwu said “8
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. ASP Patrick Ebhodahe was
also promoted to the next rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.”
He further explained
that 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.
The Commission Chairman,
DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd said “the Officers must engage in deliberate self
development through constant knowledge acquisition so as to be ready and equipped
to face the challenges of 21st century policing.”
He said henceforth
Police Officers must be subjected to formal examination before consideration
for their promotion stressing that it is a requirement imposed on all Federal
civil and public Servants by the Public Service Rules. He said the Police
Officers will not be an exemption.
The PSC Chairman said
the Commission must also ensure that promotions in the Police will be merit
based and predictable. He assured that the Commission will not for any reason
delay the promotion of deserving Officers but insisted that it must be earned.
He congratulated the
promoted Officers on their new ranks but called for greater dedication to the
service of their fatherland. DIG Argungu said they must be deliberate,
committed and focused in the fight against insurgency and banditry in the
Country and charged them to go and free the nation from all forms of
insecurity.
The 8 Commissioners of
Police promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police are
CP Benneth Igwe; Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT,
Command; Suleiman Mohammed Abdul, acting Assistant Inspector General of Police,
PAB, Force Headquarters Abuja; CP Augustina Nwuka Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State
Command; CP Stephen Olanrewaju, CP Admin, Works, Force Headquarters Abuja; CP
Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, CP Abia State Command; CP Fayoade Adegoke Mustapha, CP
Lagos State Command; CP Adegboyega Funsho Adegboye, CP Admin, FID, Abuja and CP
Mohammed Bala Labbo, CP Communication DICT Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The 15 Deputy
Commissioners of Police elevated to substantive Commissioners of Police are;
DCP Innocent Ifeanyi Emenari, DCP State CID Taraba State Command; DCP Betty
Enekpen Otimenyin, DCP DFA, Zone 5 Benin; DCP James Iroegbunam Nwokolo, DC DFA,
Edo State Command; DCP Felix Nka Oben, DC Federal Operations, Force
Headquarters Annex Lagos; DCP Olusegun Eyitayo Omosayin DC Armament,
Directorate of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja; DCP Ugobueze Ogbodo,
Deputy Commandant, Police Detective College Enugu; DCP Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, DC
Department of Operations, Zone 11 Osogbo and DCP Taylor Lennox Olarewaju, DC,
CCR, Lagos State.
Others are; DCP
Sa'adatu Ismaila, DC Anti Human Trafficking Annex Lagos; DCP Olabode Adeleye
Akinbamilowo, Deputy Force Secretary (DFS11), DCP Regina Cosmas Udoette, DC
Department of Finance and Admin, Akwa Ibom State Command; DCP Francis
Omatimeyin Gbiwen, DC, State CID Edo state Command; DCP Afolabi Wilfred
Olatokunbo, DC Department of Finance and Admin, Delta State Command; DCP
Ohiozoba Oyakhire Ehiede Acting CP Legal, FCID Force Headquarters Abuja and DCP
Anthonia Adaku Uche-Anya, DC, Department of Finance and Admin FID.
The Commission has
conveyed its approval to the Inspector General of Police for Implementation and
further necessary action.