The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of 93 Senior Police Officers to the next ranks.
According to the Service, the elevation followed the success recorded in the recently concluded written examination and oral interview it organised in fulfilment of requirements for promotion.
A statement signed on Wednesday by the Commission’s Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, Njoku Kalu, said this was part of the high points of the Commission’s decisions at its Plenary Meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja.
Among the Commissioners of Police promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police, according to the release, are:
Itam Nnaghe Obono, CP Counter Terrorism Unit; Bassey Samuel Ewah, CP Plateau State; Osagie John Agans-Irabor, CP FCID Lagos; Monday Agbonika, CP Edo State; Iyamah Daniel Adebor, CP Bayelsa State; Isa Danladi Nda, CP Abia State; Akaninyene Ezima, Director NPF-NCCC; Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, CP Anambra State;
Afegbua B. Rashid, CP Cross River State;
Edozie Hycenth Azuka, CP AML/CFT, FCID; Haruna Alaba Yahaya, CP Jigawa; and Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent, CP Benue State.
In the same vein, Twenty Eight (28) Assistant Commissioners of Police were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Among them are: Ofili Felix, AC Procurement; Mohammed Baba-Mala, AC CSP Dops FHQ; Deborah O. Benary, AC CID Ogun; Mohammed Sani Musa, AC CID Maritime; Lot Garba Lantoh, Commanding Officer 22 PMF, Lagos; Ijeoma Princewill Onyema, AC Admin Zone 6 Calabar; Oyedepo Olubisi, AC CID Enugu State; Amanyi Christopher, AC JTF Ops Delta Safe Bayelsa; as well as Regina Mbanefo, AC Zone 13 Anambra.
Also, Thirty Three (33) Chief Superintendents of Police were promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police,
“The Commission also approved the confirmation of appointment of One Hundred and Sixty Two (162) Assistant Superintendents of Police II (ASP II) to the substantive rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police I (ASP I).
“The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu, while congratulating the promotees, admonished them to be truthful, transparent and accountable in their new responsibilities”, the statement read in part.
