By Kingsley Omonobi
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 93 senior police officers to higher ranks following their successful participation in the recently concluded written examination and oral interview conducted at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
The promotions were approved during the Commission’s plenary meeting held on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abuja.
PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed the development in a statement, noting that the promotions formed part of key decisions reached at the meeting.
According to the statement, 13 Commissioners of Police (CPs) were elevated to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG).
The promoted officers are Itam Nnaghe Obono, CP, Counter Terrorism Unit; Bassey Samuel Ewah, CP, Plateau State Command; Osagie John Agans-Irabor, CP, FCID Lagos; Monday Agbonika, CP, Edo State Command; Iyamah Daniel Adebor, CP, Bayelsa State Command; Isa Danladi Nda, CP, Abia State Command; Akaninyene Ezima, Director, NPF-NCCC; Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, CP, Anambra State Command; Afegbua B. Rashid, CP, Cross River State Command; Edozie Hycenth Azuka, CP, AML/CFT, FCID; Haruna Alaba Yahaya, CP, Jigawa State Command; Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent, CP, Benue State Command; and Betty Enekpen Otimenyin, CP, Welfare.
The Commission also promoted 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
The newly promoted Commissioners of Police include Nelson Nwamanna, DC CID Zone 11; Bolanle A. Murtala, DC Operations, Ogun State; Danbaba Mohammed Labbo, DC Litigation; Ajayi Oluyemi, DC CID Zone 7; Oki Rita Oyintare, DC Gender; Ibrahim Umar Zungura, DC FCID Abuja; Iya Umar Mohammed, DC X-Squad, FCID Lagos; Darma Nuhu Na’Aliyu, DC CID Sokoto; Nuruddeen A. Sabo, DC Operations, Kaduna State; Tijjani Murtala, DC Operations, Jigawa State; Yakubu Mohammed, DC DFA Benue State; Ibrahim Lukunche Usman, DC Operations Zone 15; Akingbade C. Adeyinka, DC CID Ondo State; Mohammed Hassan Ahmed, DC Operations Bauchi State; Samuel Erale Ahmed, DC Community Safety; Adedeji Taiwo, DC ZCID Zone 1, Kano; and Zainab A. Pembi of the Force Intelligence Department (FID).
In the same exercise, 28 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
Among them are Ofili Felix, AC Procurement; Mohammed Baba-Mala, AC CSP DOPS, Force Headquarters; Deborah O. Benary, AC CID Ogun State; Mohammed Sani Musa, AC CID Maritime; Lot Garba Lantoh, Commanding Officer, 22 Police Mobile Force, Lagos; Ijeoma Princewill Onyema, AC Administration, Zone 6, Calabar; Oyedepo Olubisi, AC CID Enugu State; Amanyi Christopher, AC JTF Operations, Delta Safe, Bayelsa; and Regina Mbanefo, AC Zone 13, Anambra.
The PSC also approved the promotion of 33 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
Those promoted include Mustapha Lawal, Second-in-Command, Area Command, Gumel; Gafar Ajayi Adeyanju; and CSP Nnamdi Lotanna Anabike, Divisional Police Officer, Central Police Station, Onitsha, among others.
In addition, the Commission confirmed the appointments of 162 Assistant Superintendents of Police II (ASP II) to the substantive rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police I (ASP I).
Chairman of the Commission, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police Hashimu Salihu Argungu, congratulated the promoted officers and urged them to uphold professionalism, transparency and accountability in the discharge of their duties.
He also advised them to avoid involvement in civil matters, particularly land disputes, and to conduct themselves in a manner that would preserve their integrity and reputation.
“Guide your reputation and integrity. Let your actions speak for you and not against you,” Argungu said.
