The Police Service Commission (PSC), has announced the promotions of the Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), Ogun State CID, Olubode Ojajuni and Adewale Ajao, Zone-2 CID, Lagos, with 17 others to substantive Commissioners of Police (CPs).
Confirming the promotion in a statement by the spokesman of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, CP Ojajuni was a one time police image maker for Lagos state Police Command, a Divisional Police Officer, Area Commander Lion Building, Principal Officer 3 to former I-GP Ibrahim Idris and DCP State CID, Ogun state Command, among other positions.
Other DCPs promoted to substantive CPs were T. Usman Tahir, DCP R&P Force Headquarters, Sunday J.A. Okoebor; DCP Admin and Finance Force Headquarters; Ayodeji Faniyan; DCP Zonal CID, Zone 5, Benin; Omole Ola, DCP PSFU, Lagos and Hope Okafor, Deputy Force Provost, Force Headquarters. Others are; Ajo Ordue; DCP DFA, Zone 17 Akure; Olufunke Adeayo; DC Pensions Force Headquarters; Ogunbode; Ogedengbe; DCP X squad, FCID Force Headquarters; Iyabode Agbaminoja; DCP SCID, Oyo State Command; Adebowale Lawal; DCP State CID, Enugu State Command; Ojo Adekimi DCP Operations Kwara state Command, and Yemi Oyeniyi, DCP DFA, Ondo state Command.
The Commission also approved the promotion of Obasi Okereke; DCP Disaster Management Ops Force Headquarters; Moses Ottah; DCP Ops Eastern Ports, Port Harcourt; Felix Nnebue; DCP ZCID Zone 16 Yenagoa; Gazali Abdul-Salaam; DCP CID, Railway Command Lagos; Fidelis Ogarabe; DCP Administration, Anambra state Command.
The new Assistant Inspectors General of Police are; Fasuba Akinyele Olabode, CP Special Fraud Unit, Force Headquarters; Musibau Omolabi Ajani, CP Admin, FCID; Aliyu Abubakar Musa, CP Katsina State Command; Patrick Adedeji Atayero, former CP Explosive Ordinance Disposal EOD; Force Headquarters, CP Anti Fraud section FCID, Director of Sports Nigeria Police Force and Deputy Commissioner Finance and Administration Force Headquarters; Gyogon Augustine Grimah, CP Cross Rivers State Command and Olaiya Victor Mobolaji, CP Kwara State Command. Others are Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere, CP Taraba State Command and Commandant Police College Oji River; Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, CP Fom, Force Headquarters; Olalolu Adebowale Adegbite, CP Interpol FCID; Godwin Iguh Eze, CP SEB, FCID Annex Lagos; and Disu Olatunji Rilwan, CP Federal Capital Territory.
The Commission also promoted to the rank of AIG, Alausa Hakeem Tolani, CP Admin PAB, Force Headquarters; Kareem Musa; CP Interpol Annex, Lagos; Mohammed Shehu Dalijan; CP Zamfara state Command; Dan-Mamman Shawulu; CP Niger State Command; Clement Robert; CP SERVICOM R&PForce Headquarters; Musa Auwal Mohammed; CP Bauchi State Command; Thomas Abraham Nabhoni; Office of the National Security Adviser; CP Abel Jangnap Miri Zwalchir ICT. Force Headquarters and CP Ifeanyi Uka, Cp Works, Force Headquarters, former Head of Projects and Equipment at the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; AGM Project and later Ag. MD/CEO of the Nigeria Police Force Property Development and Construction Company limited.
The Commission also approved the promotion of 13 Superintendents of Police to the next rank of Chief Superintendents and 14 Deputy Superintendents to Superintendents of Police.
All the Officers appeared before the Commission on Plenary and were subjected to examination and interactive interview. Commission Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, presided over the exercise and was supported by DIG Taiwo Lakanu rtd, fdc, Honourable Commissioner representing the Police in the Commission and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission.