The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 78 senior police officers, including 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), and 57 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to ACPs.
The promotions were approved during the second Plenary Meeting of the PSC, held on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The meeting followed the approval on Monday, December 16, 2024, for the promotion of 11 Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors General and 16 Deputy Commissioners to substantive Commissioners.
Among the newly promoted Commissioners is former DCP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, who served as the Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Finance in the Jigawa State Command. Elleman was also the immediate past Head of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit and had previously been the Deputy Commissioner of Operations at Zone 7, Abuja.
According to a statement from the PSC, the officers were subjected to written and oral examinations during the plenary. Issues such as logistics and manpower challenges were identified as significant obstacles in many police departments, zones, states, and divisional commands. The officers advocated for these issues to be addressed to improve the functionality of the Nigeria Police Force.
The following ACPs were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police:
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
Shaibu Bello, INEC Headquarters, Abuja
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
Bashiru Abdullahi, Area Commander, Tambuwal, Sokoto State
Ahmadu Bello Garba, DFA, Zone 4, Makurdi
Paul Dung, State CID, Enugu
David Nonyelum Osuani, Area Commander, Ogidi, Anambra State
The 57 CSPs promoted to ACP 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
Glory Gabriel Otonko, Force Intelligence Bureau, Enugu State
Alex Sani Gwazah
Matilda Ugowe
Hamman Aminu
Aboyemi Gbenga
The plenary meeting, which is the last for the year, was chaired by Commission Chairman DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), with the presence of Justice Paul Galumje (rtd), a Justice of the Supreme Court and Commissioner in the PSC, and DIG Taiwo Lekanu (rtd), fdc, also a Commissioner in the PSC.
The meeting will continue on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
