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PSC promotes FCT CP, 19 others to AIGs, 19 DCPs to CPs

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In a move aimed at boosting operational efficiency, the Police Service Commission(PSC) on Monday approved the promotion of 66 senior police officers.

Notable among the promoted officers are the FCT Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, who has been promoted to Assistant Inspector General and one-time police spokesman in Lagos command and currently a Deputy Commissioner in Ogun, Bode Ojajuni, who has been promoted to the rank of Commissioner.

Apart from Disu, the Commission also approved the promotion of 19 Commissioners to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General.

Additionally, it approved the promotion of 19 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioner.

Furthermore, 13 Superintendents of Police were promoted to Chief Superintendents, while 14 Deputy Superintendents were elevated to Superintendents.

The commission, in a statement released by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Monday, said all the officers had appeared before the Commission in plenary and were subjected to examination and interactive interviews.

According to Anih, PSC Chairman, retired DIG Hashimu Argungu led the promotion exercise, with support from key officials, including DIG Taiwo Lakanu, Commissioner representing the police in the Commission, and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, the Commission’s Secretary.

The statement reads: “The new Assistant Inspectors General of Police are Fasuba Akinyele Olabode, CP Special Fraud Unit, Force Headquarters; Musibau Omolabi Ajani, CP Admin, FCID; Aliyu Abubakar Musa, CP Katsina State Command; Patrick Adedeji Atayero, former CP Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), Force Headquarters, CP Anti-Fraud Section, FCID, Director of Sports, Nigeria Police Force, and Deputy Commissioner Finance and Administration, Force Headquarters; Gyogon Augustine Grimah, CP Cross River State Command; and Olaiya Victor Mobolaji, CP Kwara State Command. Others are Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere, CP Taraba State Command and Commandant, Police College, Oji River; Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, CP FOM, Force Headquarters; Olalolu Adebowale Adegbite, CP Interpol, FCID; Godwin Iguh Eze, CP SEB, FCID Annex, Lagos; and Disu Olatunji Rilwan, CP Federal Capital Territory.

“The Commission also promoted to the rank of AIG Alausa Hakeem Tolani, CP Admin, PAB, Force Headquarters; Kareem Musa, CP Interpol Annex, Lagos; Mohammed Shehu Dalijan, CP Zamfara State Command; Dan-Mamman Shawulu, CP Niger State Command; Clement Robert, CP SERVICOM R&P, Force Headquarters; Musa Auwal Mohammed, CP Bauchi State Command; Thomas Abraham Nabhoni, Office of the National Security Adviser; CP Abel Jangnap Miri Zwalchir, ICT, Force Headquarters; and CP Ifeanyi Uka, CP Works, Force Headquarters, former Head of Projects and Equipment at the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, AGM Project, and later Ag. MD/CEO of the Nigeria Police Force Property Development and Construction Company Limited.

“The 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police promoted to the next rank of Commissioners of Police are Usman Tahir, DCP R&P, Force Headquarters; Sunday J.A. Okoebor, DCP Admin and Finance, Force Headquarters; Ayodeji Faniyan, DCP Zonal CID, Zone 5, Benin; Saka Adewale Ajao, DCP Zonal CID, Zone 2, Lagos; Omole Ola, DCP PSFU, Lagos; and Hope Urunwa Okafor, Deputy Force Provost, Force Headquarters, former Deputy Commissioner Administration, Osun State, Area Commander K, Morogbo, Badagry, and ACP Admin, Plateau State Command.

“Others are Ajo Geoffrey Ordue, DCP DFA, Zone 17, Akure; Olufunke Adeayo, DCP Pensions, Force Headquarters; Ogunbode Stephen Olubunmi Ogedengbe, DCP X Squad, FCID, Force Headquarters; Iyabode Oluwatoyin Agbaminoja, DCP SCID, Oyo State Command; Adebowale Lawal, DCP State CID, Enugu State Command; Ojo Adekimi, DCP Operations, Kwara State Command; and Yemi John Oyeniyi, DCP DFA, Ondo State Command.

“The Commission also approved the promotion of Obasi Mary Okereke, DCP Disaster Management Ops, Force Headquarters; Moses Ashu Ottah, DCP Ops, Eastern Ports, Port Harcourt; Felix Akoneme Nnebue, DCP ZCID, Zone 16, Yenagoa; Gazali Alade Abdul-Salaam, DCP CID, Railway Command, Lagos; Fidelis Ndubuisi Ogarabe, DCP Administration, Anambra State Command, DCP State CID, Enugu, DCP General Investigation, FCID, and former Chief Security Officer to two Governors of Enugu State; and Olubode Ojajuni, DCP State CID, Ogun State Command, Principal Officer 3 to former IGP Ibrahim Idris, former Area Commander, Area A, Lion Building, Lagos, and former Lagos State Command PRO.”

Persecondnews had reported on December 6, 2024, that the commission took disciplinary actions against two Assistant Inspectors-General and an Assistant Commissioner.

An AIG was reprimanded for disobeying lawful instructions, while another AIG received a warning letter for negligence, and an ACP faced demotion.

The disciplinary actions also led to the dismissal of 10 Assistant Superintendents, six Deputy Superintendents, two Chief Superintendents, and one Superintendent.

Additionally, it resulted in the demotion of several officers, including one Chief Superintendent, two Superintendents, two Deputy Superintendents, and 13 Assistant Superintendents.

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