Police Service Commission Promotes 6,618 Senior Officers

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of six thousand, six hundred and eighteen, (6,618) senior Police Officers.

This was disclosed on Friday in a statement issued by Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani.

According to Ani, the promotions were one of the highpoints of the 8th Plenary Meeting of the commission, presided over by its Chairman, former Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith.

The meeting, Ani said, lasted for three weeks.

The promotion of the officers is coming at a time the country is experiencing a spike in insecurity, which has manifested in rising banditry, terrorism and other criminal acts.

Though, the full details of the meeting were not disclosed, the promotion of the officers may not be unconnected to efforts by the police force like other security agencies, to rejig the security apparatus in the country.

The commission spokesman disclosed that Olusola Oyebade, Assistant Inspector General of Police, currently at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Jos, Plateau State was promoted to the next rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police to represent the South West geopolitical zone.

He further revealed that four commissioners of police including one specialist, was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police. They are Cp. Aisha L. Abubakar, CP.  Veterinary Department; Cp. Asuquo A. A. Amba, former Cp, Bayelsa State Command; Counter Terrorism and currently CP. Ekiti state Command;  CP. Nekereuwem A. Apkan, former CP. Cross Rivers State Command and Olafihan Adeniran Adeeoye, currently CP. Anti Terrorism.

“The commission also approved the promotion of three Deputy Commissioners of Police to the next rank of substantive Commissioners of Police. They are DCP Jonathan Towuru, Deputy Force Secretary; DCP Abiodun Alabi, National Defence College and DCP. Akande  Kayode of the State House (Presidential Villa). Three Assistant Commissioners of Police; ACP. Adenola J. Oluwole, ACP. Valentine Olumese and ACP. Isa Jibril Grema were promoted to the next of Deputy Commissioners of Police.

“Eight Superintendents of Police including Omoruyi Godwin,  Clifford Okwor presently of Anambra State Command and Uchendu Fransica Ngozi, Staff Officer Senior, SOS, also of Anambra State Command were also promoted to the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police. Six hundred and seven Deputy Superintendents of Police were also elevated to the rank of Superintendents of Police.”

They include; DSP. Markus Goyom, Ifeoma Chukwu Ozuruigbo, Elizabeth Olajimoke Olatunbosun, Mina Mosese Anderson, Delta State Command and Mohammed Yakubu Ibrahim, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) 9th Mile, Enugu State Command. Others are Frank Omokhoje Longe, Delta State Command, Chukwudi Nwanze Simon, Ukadike Oyekachukwu Martins, Jemimah Okafor; Emeka Iheanacho, PPRO Zone 5 and Ede John Chukwuemeka.

The commission also promoted two hundred and six Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendents among which were; Ignatius Ogoejbunam Atta, Mustapha Ali and Awe Vincent

It also promoted five thousand, seven hundred and eighty-six (5,786) Inspectors to Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP11.) Some of the new ASPs are Egbo Rosemary Obianujunwa, Operations, Delta State Command; Abdulahi Mohammed; Elvina Chukwu, Oyo State Command; Balogun Olushegun; Amaka Onwude, CPS, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Command; Samuel Agu, Delta Command; Joseph Seyinko and Chinyere Mabeokwu of Enugu Area Command.

Ani quoted Smith as charging the newly promoted officers to “reciprocate the Commission’s gesture by rededicating themselves to the service of their fatherland.”