The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday, approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and the promotion of Commissioner of Police (CP), Enugu State Command, Kanayo Uzuegbu to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).
The new DIGs are: Sadiq Idiris Abubakar, Benjamin Nebolisa Okolo, Williams Adebowale, Bzigu Yakubu Kwazi Bali, Idegwu Basil Ukuoma and Adebola Ayinde Hamzat.
Until his promotion Abubakar was the Commandant of the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano. He was former CP, Federal Capital Territory; CP Peacekeeping Operations; and Coordinator, Police Special Forces.
Okolo was AIG, Zone 16, Yenagoa and presently AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; while Adebowale was Commandant, Police Staff College, Jos.
Bali is AIG Force Criminal Investigation Department, Annex Enugu; while Ukuoma is AIG Zone 14, Katsina; and Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa and former Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command. He was also 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, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Promoted AIG, Uzuegbu was a Assistant Commissioner Operations Zone 9, Umuahia; Area Commander, Owerri; Area Commander Karu, Nasarawa state; Commander Switch Operation Switch, Port Harcourt; Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Finance and Administration at Edo State Command, DCP, state CID, Osun State and CP Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The PSC also approved the appointment of CP for Oyo and Enugu State commands. CP Ademola Johnson, Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, was appointed for Oyo State. He was also a former DCP, Delta State Command.
CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa was appointed for Enugu State to take over from newly promoted AIG Uzuegbu. Giwa was former DCP (Operations) Kaduna and Imo State Commands; ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja; and Chief Superintendents of Police (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 CSP 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.
PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd.) presided over the sessions with Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court (rtd.) and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the commission; DIG Taiwo Lakanu (rtd.) Honourable Commissioner representing the Police; and Secretary to the Commission, Chief Onyemuchi Nnamani, were in attendance.
Argungu charged the new DIGs to give the IGP 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.
