PSC appoints 2 DIGs, promotes over 3,800 senior police officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) and the promotion of over 3,800 senior police officers.

The Head of Protocol and Public Relations of the PSC, Torty Kalu, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday, October 29, 2026.

Kalu said over 3,800 senior officers promoted included two 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs), 85 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), and others.

Kalu said 49 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) were promoted to Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), 245 Superintendents of Police (SPs) to CSP, and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to SP.

He said 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) were promoted to DSP adding that the promotions followed a successful promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by PSC.

He noted that the approvals were granted at the commission’s plenary meeting, presided over by its chairman, Hashimu Argungu.

The newly appointed DIGs are Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau Abuja, and Dankombo Morris, who currently heads Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.

Kalu said Adegbite holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a Masters of Art in Philology from the Pushkin Institute, Moscow.

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“A recipient of the MFR national honour, a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School, Adegbite previously served as Director of Operations at the EFCC,” he said.

The PSC spokesperson said Morris, born in Gombe State, holds a Bachelor of Art degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science.

Kalu stated that Morris had served as Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, and currently head of Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.

The 10 newly promoted AIGs are Omosanyin Olusegun, Ogbodo Ugobueze, Ohagwu Ndukwe, Taylor Olanrewaju, Regina Udoette, Afolabi Olutokunbo, Nwogoh Martin, Shetima Mohammed, Ibrahim Gotan, and Danjuma Yahaya.

The 17 newly promoted CPs are Nache Liman, Sirajo Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega, Isiaka Salau, Usman Adamu, Aminu Garba, Abdulkarim Waziri and Muhammad Adamu.

Others include Sani Nufawa, Bello Adamu, Okezie Chikezie, Aminu Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Fago Adegoke Alani, Wuwa Muhammad, and Benedict Agbo.