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    PSC Appoints Six New Deputy Inspectors General Of Police

    By Samuel AkpenpuunMarch 4, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs).

    In a statement on Tuesday, the commission’s spokesman Ikechukwu Ani also announced the promotion of the Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, Uzuegbu Kanayo to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).

    The new DIGs are Sadiq Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy, Wudil, Kano; Benjamin Okolo, former AIG, Zone 16, Yenagoa and presently AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; and Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos.

    Others are Bzigu Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu; Idegwu Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Katsina; and Adebola Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa and former Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command.

    The commission said, “CP Uzuegbu, who was promoted to the next rank of AIG was a former Assistant Commissioner Operations Zone 9, Umuahia; Area Commander, Owerri; Area Commander Karu, Nasarawa state; Commander Switch Operation Switch, Portharcourt; Deputy Commissioner Finance and Admin Edo State Command, DCP, state CID, Osun State and Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    “The Commission also approved the appointment of Commissioners of Police for Oyo and Enugu State Commands. CP Ademola Johnson, Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police was appointed CP Oyo State.

    “He was also a former Deputy Commissioner of Police Delta State Command. CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa was appointed CP, Enugu State to take over from newly promoted AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu. CP Giwa was former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Commands; ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja; and CSP A, Commissioner of Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters among other postings in the Police Mobile Force.

    “The Commission also approved the promotion of eight Chief Superintendents of Police to the next rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police. 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 newly promoted senior Police Officers were subjected to Written examinations and interactive oral interview.”

    The PSC said the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), presided over the sessions with Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court (rtd) and the Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the Commission; DIG Taiwo Lakanu (rtd), Commissioner representing the Police and Onyemuchi Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission in attendance.

    DIG Argungu charged the new DIGs to give the Inspector-General of Police the required support and cooperation to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force would be in a good position to secure the Nigerian space and ensure that law and order are maintained.

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