Police Service Commission Promotes Over 78 Senior Police Officers

...As problems of Logistics and Manpower Re-echoe 


The Police Service Commission, PSC, has announced fresh promotions of over 78 senior police officers on ithe second day of its Plenary Meeting in Abuja, off Tuesday. 
The Commission in Plenary approved the promotion of 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners and 57 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners. 
The Commission had earlier on Monday, approved the promotion of 11 Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors General, AIGs and 16 Deputy Commissioners to Commissioners. 
The new Commissioners included former DCP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, DCP Admin and Finance, Jigawa State Command.  He was the immediate past Head of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Monitoring Unit and was once, Deputy Commissioner Operations,  Zone 7, Abuja. 
At Tuesday's Plenary,  the promoted officers were also subjected to written and oral examinations. 
A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations in the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, noted that during the oral interview, issues such as problems of logistics and manpower were identified as one of the manifest handicaps in most of the police departments, zones, states as well as areas and divisional commands. Ani stated that the new "officers pleaded that such issues should be attended to in the overall interest of the functionality of the Nigeria Police Force."
The Assistant Commissioners of Police elevated to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners were, Christopher  Bassey Uweh, Area Commander,  Ihiala, Anambra state; Abdulrahaman Usman, AC Ops, Zone 2 Lagos; Baba Mallam Alhaji, Area Commander,  Agbara, Ogun State; Aminu Ado Aliyu, Commander 59 PMF Bajoga; Salau Mohammed  Jimoh, Area Commander Ikoli Ekiti; Mohammed  Lariski Musa, BPU, Kwara State; Makuliso Baba Umar, Area Commander Kontagora, Niger State and Shaibu Bello, INEC Headquarters,  Abuja.
Others include, Lawrence Iwodi, Area Commander Ayetoro, Ogun state; Arabia Ashe Mohammed,  DFA, Nasarawa  State; Ali Garba Agbo, Welfare, Force Headquarters Abuja; Halilu Muawiyah Commander 51 PMF Oghara; Sani JA'Afar Ahmed, Area Commander,  Gusau,  Zamfara state Ado Ibrahim, SCID, Delta State Command; Abubakar  Ardo, Commander 35 PMF, Dutse; Mohammed Usman Modibbo, Assistant Director OPS, North Central zone; Yusuf S. Taiwo, Area Commander Ilesha, Osun State and Bashiru Abdullahi,  Area Commander,  Tambuwal, Sokoto State. Ahmadu Bello Garba, DFA, Zone 4 Makurdi; Paul Dung, State CID, Enugu and David Nonyelum Osuani; Area Commander Ogidi, Anambra state were also promoted to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police.
The 57 Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police include; Ezeala  Daniel Ezeala; Tamarauebi Timpa; Toyin Ahmed Sulyman. DPO, Abacha Road, Mararaba Plateau State; Mohammed Sani Abubakar; Marcus Michael  Tarfa Interpol FCIID, Abuja; Uba Shehu; Elijah Eleke; John Inyang; Ochomo ThankGod; Abimbola Tokunbo Abaniwonda; Oluseyi Olabisi Cletus-Ilobanafor;  Ahmed Usman Muhammed; Okezie Daniel Iroakazi; Emeka Emmanuel Adigwe; Suraju Kehinde Oyewole; Abubakar Yusuf; Hassan  Khalil Ibrahim; William  Robinson  Odumu, DPO  Anambra State and Glory Gabriel  Otonko, Force Intelligence Bureau,  Enugu State.
 Alex Sani Gwazah, Matilda Ugowe, Hamman Aminu and Aboyemi Gbenga were also some of the CSPs promoted to ACPs. 
It was noted that, the week long Plenary Meeting, the last for the year was presided over by Commission Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, and had in attendance Justice  Paul Galumje, rtd, Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Commissioner in the Commission and DIG Taiwo Lekanu rtd, fdc, also Honourable Commissioner in the Commission. The Meeting continued on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.