Police Service Commission promotes 3,800 officers, 2 AIGs, 10 commissioners

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has given approval to the promotions of over 3,800 police officers in higher ranks including that of the FCT Police Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh, two Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and ten commissioners.

This move came after the success of the performance of these police officers in promotion exams and oral interviews which was done by the PSC. This happened during the plenary session of the commission in Abuja, Thursday, October 29, 2026.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission’s Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, said the meeting was presided over by the PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).

Among the senior officers promoted were AIG Olaolu Adegbite, head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi. Both were elevated to the rank of DIG.

Adegbite holds a bachelor’s degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a master’s degree in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School.

He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Morris, who was born in Gombe State, holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State before his current posting as head of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi.

The Commission also promoted 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of AIG.

They are Omosanyin Olusegun, Commissioner of Police, Administration, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, Commissioner of Police, Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, Commissioner of Police, Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; and Regina Cosmas Udoette, Commissioner of Police, General Investigation, FCID Annex, Enugu.

Others are Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, Commissioner of Police, Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former Commissioner of Police, Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, Commissioner of Police, General Investigation, FCID, Kaduna.

Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police.

They include Nache Bashir Liman, Deputy Commissioner, Zonal Criminal Investigation Department; Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Deputy Commissioner, Force Monitoring Unit; Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Deputy Commissioner, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, FCID; Isiaka O. Salau, Deputy Commissioner, State Criminal Investigation Department, Ibadan; and Usman Shaik Adamu, Deputy Commissioner, Criminal Investigation Department, Jos.

Others are Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Sani Adamu Nufawa, Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.

The PSC further approved the promotion of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police, 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners, 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.

Among the 85 officers promoted to Deputy Commissioner were Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, medical director of the MD Abubakar Police Hospital in Deidei and the ASR Police Reference Hospital in Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh of the Police Staff College in Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Police Command.

The 245 officers promoted from Superintendent to Chief Superintendent include Adeh, the FCT Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, and Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police Command.

Other officers in this category include Abah James of the Rivers State Police Command; Okere Romanus, Divisional Police Officer of Isiowulu Division, Anambra State; Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex of the Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia; Vincent Elekwa of the Rivers State Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit; Umar Sani of the FCT Command; and Mustapha Mohammed.

The Commission also promoted 3,218 officers to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Among them were Frank Okafor, former Chief Security Officer of Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo; Samson Sule, Chief Security Officer to the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; Ibrahim Abuh of the Confidential Unit in the Commissioner of Police’s Office at Force Headquarters, Abuja; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji of Force Headquarters; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Intelligence Response Team at Force Headquarters; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command in Ikeja, Lagos.

Congratulating the newly promoted officers, Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as motivation to improve their performance and commitment to their duties.

He stressed that the promotions came with greater responsibilities, particularly in protecting lives and property, maintaining law and order, and enforcing the law.

The PSC chairman said much was expected of the officers and urged them to justify their promotions through professionalism, dedication and improved service delivery.