The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 20 Commissioners of Police (CPs), 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), 13 Superintendents of Police (SPs), and 14 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs).
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations at the PSC.
Ani said the CPs were elevated to Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), DCPs to CPs, SPs to Chief Superintendents of Police (CSP), and DSPs to SPs.
The newly promoted CPs to AIGs include Fasuba Olabode, Musibau Ajani, Aliyu Musa, Patrick Atayero, Gyogon Grimah, Olaiya Mobolaji, and Chukwudi Ariekpere.
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Others are Abubakar Aliyu, Olalolu Adegbite, Godwin Eze, Disu Olatunji, Alausa Tolani, Kareem Musa, Mohammed Dalijan, and Dan-Mamman Shawulu.
The DCPs promoted to CP include Usman Tahir, Sunday Okoebor, Ayodeji Faniyan, Saka Ajao, Omole Ola, Hope Okafor, and Ajo Ordue.
Others are Olufunke Adeayo, Stephen Ogedengbe, Iyabode Agbaminoja, Adebowale Lawal, Ojo Adekimi, and Yemi Oyeniyi.
Additional names are Obasi Okereke, Moses Ottah, Felix Nnebue, Gazali Abdul-Salaam, Fidelis Ogarabe, and Olubode Ojajuni.
Ani said all promoted officers, including the 13 SPs and 14 DSPs, appeared before the commission and underwent examination and an interactive interview.
Hashimu Argungu, Chairman of the Commission, presided over the promotion exercise with the support of other commission members.
