The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, approved the appointment of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi, Dasuki Galadanci, as a Deputy Inspector General of Police to represent the North West Geopolitical zone of the country.
Galadanci will replace DIG Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje who is expected to retire on February 2.
The Commission also approved the promotion of 1,897 senior police officers to their next substantive ranks.
PSC’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement on Wednesday, January 24, that among the 1,897 promoted officers are 14 Commissioners of Police elevated to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police.
However, one of the Commissioners for promotion to AIG was stepped down to enable the Commission review the pending disciplinary matters against the senior police officer which was sent to the Commission by the Nigeria Police Force, the spokesman said.
Ani said that the PSC Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, who is also a retired Inspector General of Police and who presided over the management meeting, gave anticipatory approval for the appointment of one DIG and promotion of 1,897 senior Police Officers recommended by the Inspector General of Police.
The 14 Commissioners of Police and 21 Deputy Commissioners were said to have appeared before the management of the Commission for an interactive promotion interview, a condition precedent for their elevation to the next ranks.
The Commission also promoted 21 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the substantive rank of Commissioners, 20 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners, 109 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners and 184 Superintendents to Chief Superintendents.
PSC also considered and approved the promotion of 1,549 Assistant Superintendents to Deputy Superintendents.
The new AIGs included Yetunde O. Longe, CP Eastern Ports, Portharcourt; Tajudeen Akinwale Abass, CP Delta State; Abiodun Oladimeji Asabi, CP Ondo State; Rex Dundun, CP General Investigation, FCID Annex Kaduna; Durosinmi Olatoye, CP Akwa Ibom State; Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi, CP Adamawa State; and Haruna Gabriel Garba, CP Federal Capital Territory.
Others are CP Julius Alawari Okoro; CP Plateau State; George Chijioke Chuku, CP Benue State; Paul Alifa Omata, CP K9 Force Headquarters; Yusuf Adesina Akeem, CP Research and Development, Force Headquarters; Bzigu Yakabu Kwazhi Dali, CP Osun State; Idris Nagoyo, Police Mounted troop Squadron and CP Ogundare Dare Emmanuel, CP Ekiti state.
At the interactive session, Dr. Arase charged the officers to quickly settle down to their new ranks and go forth and win the war against banditry, kidnapping and violent crimes in the country.
Dr. Arase said that the Commission is uncomfortable with the trend of events as the nation has been facing an avoidable unprecedented wave of criminal assaults on all fronts.
The PSC Chairman enjoined the officers to settle down and map out their various areas of responsibility by being conversant with trends and patterns of crimes in their domain.
He enjoined them to engage in predictive policing to mitigate the current criminal disorders by criminal gangs now mauruding across the length and breadth of the country.
Dr Arase made the senior officers to know that they would be held responsible for any relapse in the security apparatus of the nation, adding that they must see their new ranks as a call to greater dedication to the service of their fatherland.
“These promotions should further ignite the indomitable fighting spirit of the officers and men,” he admonished the newly promoted officers.
The Deputy Commissioners promoted to the next rank of substantive Commissioners are Olanrewaju Peter Ogunlowo, Assistant Chief of Mission in Somalia; Mohammed Dahiru, DCP State CID Adamawa; Adedamola Waheed Ayilara, DCP FCID Panti Lagos; Sunday Olukayode, DCP Operations, Plateau State; Peter Ukachi Opara, DCP Admin, Imo State; Illiyasu Yahaya Kwarbai, DCP investagion Zonal Command Bauchi; Ahmed Musa, DCP State CID, FCT Cmd, Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, former Force Public Relations Officer and currently DCP General Investigation Unit, FCID Annex, Gombe; Bello Mohammed Sani, DCP Projects Monitoring, IGP Secretariat; Mohammed Umar Abba, DCP State CID, Delta Command; and Dankombo Faling Morris, DCP Ops Adamawa Command.
Others are Bello Shehu, National Defence College; Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba; DCP Zonal CID Kano; Simeon Udofia Akpanudom, DCP Ops Cross Rivers State Command; Olugbemiga Emmanuel Adesina, DCP Benue State Command and David Iloyanomon, DCP Administration. Anambra Command; Haruna Olufemi, DCP Force Intelligence Bureau; Rose Chollom Dung, DCP Administration, Bauchi Command; Obono Nnaghe Itam, DCP Operations Zone 6 Calabar; Abel Jangnap Miri Zwalchir, DCP ICT Administration Force Headquarters and Ifeanyi Uka DCP/ second in Command Works, Force Headquarters Abuja.
The 20 Assistant Commissioners of Police promoted to Deputy Commissioners include Gerald Ngoziabata, Nigerian Army Resource Centre; Okenla Oluseyi ACP DFA, Cooperatives, Lagos; Olubunmi Fakeye, ACP Police College Ikeja; Ayodeji Adelogagunduro, Area Commander Ayetoro, Ogun State and Samuel Dalti Dang of Armament section, Force Headquarters, among others.
Some of the CSPs promoted to Assistant Commissioners are Casmir Ihiezu, Lagos Command; Charity Belema Megbope, Ogun Command; Gamaliel Alex, Rivers State Command ; Sani Ahmed, DPO Awada Anambra stste; Cecilia Aniedy Udo, DPO Mini Okoro, Portharcourt; CSP Dalapo Badmos, CSP Administration Provost Marshal Force Headquarters; Adamu Ahmadu, Commander C41 Intelligence Unit, Rivers State Command; CSP Collins Eruogu, former Commanding Officer 33PMF and presently Commander AKS/RRS Anambra State Command; CSP Isreal Effiong Ukpong 2/ic 19PMF Portharcourt; CSP Linus Uche Nwaiwu, Police Training school, Nekede, Imo state; CSP Onoh Charles, CSP Administration ICT, Force Headquarters; CSP Abubakar Abdulkarim, DPO Kubwa FCT; CSP Taiwo Oladipupo Akingbehin, Commander EOD, Force Headquarters Annex Ikeja; CSP Moses Odu Osor, Zone 7 Abuja; CSP Garba Bala, DPO Dawakin, FCT; CSP Benjamin Igometi and CSP Chinna Joe-Iruobe of the Veterinary section, Force Headquarters.
Some of the 184 officers promoted to CSPs from the rank of SPs are Victor Olowola; Ibrahim Abdullahi; Hassiani Audu; Stephen Bob Samuel; Mohammed Alhaji; Onukafor Kingsley Nkuma, aide to the Governor of Anambra State; Fabian Iloabanafor, Commander CP Monitoring and Surveillance team, Ebonyi state Command; Luka Paul Sambo, DPO New Benin, Benin City, Edo State and Agboni Jacob Christopher, 54 PMF, Onitsha.
The approval has been conveyed to the Inspector General of Police for implementation.
