PSC Approves Appointment Of 6 DIGs, Others
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police and the promotion of one to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police.
This is contained in a statement issued by the commission on Tuesday.
The new Deputy Inspectors General of Police include Sadiq Idiris Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy , Wudil, Kano. He was former Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, CP Peace keeping Operations and Coordinator, Police Special Forces.
Also promoted was Benjamin Nebolisa Okolo, former AIG, Zone 16, Yenagoa and presently AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos; and Bzigu Yakubu Kwazi Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu.
The rest are Idegwu Basil Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Katsina and Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa, former Commissioner Oyo State Command, former CP Border Patrol, Force Headquarters, CP Crime Prevention and Community safety; Deputy Force Secretary and currently AIG in charge of NPF Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU, Force Headquarters Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, Uzuegbu Kanayo was the only one promoted AIG, while two were posted to Oyo and Enugu States to serve as Commissioners.
They are CP Ademola Johnson, Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police who now moves to Oyo State, and CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa who will take over from Kanayo in Enugu State.
Giwa was former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Commands; ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja, among other postings.
In a related development, the commission also approved the promotion of eight Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners.
They are Abdullahi Kamba Usman; Sani Abdu; Ifeanyi Owo; Vincent Orole; Elisha Atikinkpan and Margaret Okonkwo. Others are Alhasan Aliyu Guga and Imo Owinizi Ezekiel.
The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd) charged the new DIGs to support the Inspector-General of Police to secure the Nigerian space and ensure law and order prevail in the country.
