FCT, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and two Commissioner of Police for Oyo and Enugu states.
CP Ademola Johnson was appointed as the new Police commissioner for Oyo State.
Ademola was a principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police before this recent promotion.
CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa was appointed Police commissioner for Enugu State to take over from newly promoted AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu.
As reported by Channels Television, CP Giwa was former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Commands
The commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
The new DIGs
“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.”
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Police Service Commission (PSC) promoted 31 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs).
Among the newly promoted DCPs are key officers such as Godspower Origho (Area Commander, Kabba, Kogi State), Abubakar Ibrahim (Coordinator, BPU, Sokoto State Command) among others.
The PSC also promoted 52 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) among others.
This news media also reported that some officers in the Nigeria Police Force were on Thursday, October 12, 2023 promoted to higher rank
The PSC approved the promotion of the 5,718 senior police officers comprising both general duty and specialist cadres of the Force.
The Commission also approved the promotion of twelve police CPs to the next rank of AIGs, 19 DCPs to the substantive rank of Commissioners amongst several others.
Police promotes 181 senior officers to ASP II
In reaction, the state commissioner of police, Salman Garba, decorated the newly promoted officers and charged them to redouble their efforts to fight crime.
Legit.ng reports that the officers’ elevations were part of the promotions announced by the Police Service Commission on July 29, 2024.
