No fewer than 31 Assistant Commissioners of Police have been elevated to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police by the federal government through the Police Service Commission (PSC).

According to the spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, who disclosed the new promotion spree, the first plenary meeting of the new Board of the PSC, which began on Friday, August 30, 2024, will continue on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, with matters relating to police discipline, investigation, recruitment, and staff matters taking centre stage.

Ani said, “Meanwhile, the Commission has approved the promotion of 31 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners. This was also one of the highlights of the Plenary Meeting of Friday, August 30, 2024.”

The beneficiaries of the promotion are: Godspower Origho, Area Commander, Kabba, Kogi State Command; Abubakar Argungu Ibrahim, Coordinator BPU, Sokoto State Command; Kabiru Ibrahim, Department of Operations, Cross Rivers State Command; Ochiabutor Ejike, Department of Operations, Enugu State Command; Danladi Ibrahim, Area Commander, Kafanchan; John Amaechi Ngwoye, Department of Operations, Ondo State Command; Sulieman Salihu, Department of Operations, Bauchi State Command; Udeme Stephen, Area Commander, Ngor Okpalla, Imo State Command; John Danjuma Sendere, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College Jos; Aliyu Haliru, Department of Operations, Katsina State Command; Atiku Musa, Department of Finance and Accounts, Jigawa State Command; Adeniran Babatunde, Area Commander, Agbor, Delta State Command; Daniel Habila, Commander, Ugoniyi, Edo State Command; Sulieman Oba Toyin, SID FCT Command; Sulieman Gulma, Force Sec Office; Aliyu Sa’ad, BPU Katsina State; Kabir Mohammed, Commandant Police Training School Sokoto; and Ralph Soledayo Akinbisehin, Office of the National Security Adviser.

Others are: Olurunfemi Gbenga, Area Commander, Keffi, Nasarawa State Command; James Navokhi, Department of Finance and Admin, PCM; Shehu Alao, Area Commander, Sagamu, Ogun State Command; Mustapha Waziri, Commander, 15 PMF Ilorin; Edun Azeez, Area Commander, Adatan, Ogun State Command; Gregory Itobere, Area Commander, Onitsha, Anambra State Command; Baba Kalli, Police Adviser, New York; Ahmed Ibrahim, State CID, Kwara State Command; Abdul Adejo, Commander, 4 PMF Ibadan; Tissing Nandiyak, Area Commander, Ekpoma, Edo State Command; Audu Sabo, Area Commander, Rano, Kano State Command; Yahuza Samaila Shall, Area Commander, Metro, Katsina State Command; and Kaita Abdulkadir, State CID, Niger State Command.

The Commission also promoted 52 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSP) to the next rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP). They include Offiong Effanga Effiong, Simeon Vitalis Timbomna, Edward Etim Akaniyere, Yusuf Alhaji Bala, Ikenna Adolf Ogwu, Joshua Omololu Adewalehinmi, and Edward Hangior Weghyina of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC).

Others include: Oladele Bamidele, Ikechukwu Kingsley Osuoha, Niyere Andrea Rwang, Fatimah Gimba, Olubunmi David Apapa, Godwin Oko Onah, Patrick Chukwuma Agbazue, Stephen Ikor Ukam, and Yusuf Jafaru Abdullahi.

“The Commission also promoted five hundred and five Superintendents of Police to the next rank of Chief Superintendents. They include Raphael Iwamittigha Irowainu, Abraham Ogedegbe, Stanley Chinenye Onyekwele, Yakubu Faruk Rugga, Godspower Ekeke, and Esther Ezenwanyi Okey.

“Others include Emeka Henry Iheanacho, Staff Officer Senior (SOS), Delta State Command; Oyeogbe Lucky Izien, Admin Officer Operations, Bayelsa State Command; Dafe Charles Cheta, Divisional Crime Officer 1, CPS Division, Enugu State Command; Marcel Ogbuabor Ugwuoke, 76PMF Nsukka; and Ozoani Damsus Chukwuma.

“Eighty-four Deputy Superintendents of Police were also elevated to the next rank of Superintendents of Police, including Cynthia Uchechi Nzota, Harry Achi, Makanju Rex, Ikerodah Muhammad Yerima, and Ahiwe Okezie.”

Commission Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), congratulated the newly promoted officers and said the Commission under his watch will build a Police Force worthy of its name.

“He enjoined the officers to be patriotic in the service of their nation,” Ani said.