Police Service Commission, PSC, has promoted 12 Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, AIG and 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners of Police.
Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, disclosed this on Thursday.
He stated that the new AIGs are Ogundele Ayodeji, Patrick Edung, Badru Lawal, Bartholomew Onyeka, Suleiman Yusuf, Idowu Owohunwa, Rhoda Olofu, Godwin Aghaulor, Effiom Ekot, Stanley Ude, Longe Patrick, and Ndu Anene.
Ani said 5,718 senior police officers comprising general duty and specialist cadres of the Force were promoted.
He added that 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police ACPs were promoted to CP, while 33 Chief Superintendents of Police CSPs were elevated to ACP.
Ani also stated that 265 Superintendents of Police, SPs, were promoted to CSPs, while 59 Deputy Superintendents of Police, DSPs, were promoted to SPs.
He added that 4,750 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and another 146 ASPs, who were omitted during the May 2022 promotion exercise, were elevated to the rank of DSP.
“For the specialists’ cadre, the Commission approved the promotion of two ACPs, one from the Air Wing and the other from the Forensic Department, to the rank of DCP.
“Forty-seven CSPs comprising 23 doctors and 24 Veterinary Doctors were promoted to ACP,” Ani stated.
