PSC Approves Promotion of 6,618 Senior Officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday approved the promotion of 6,618 senior police officers.

The promotion saw the emergence of one new Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), four new Assistant InspectorsGeneral of Police and three new commissioners of police.

The promotions were one of the highpoints of the 8th plenary meeting of the commission which spanned a period of three weeks, and ended on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020.

The meeting was presided over by commission’s Chairman, Mr. Musiliu Smith, retired Inspector General of Police.

One Assistant Inspector General of Police, Olushola Oyebade 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.

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. Akpan, 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 (DCPs) to the next rank of substantive Commissioners of Police.