PSC promotes 12 police commissioners to AIGs, elevates 255 others

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 12 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs).

The PSC also approved the promotion of 16 Deputy Commissioners to substantive Commissioners and 27 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners.

The PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this via a statement on Monday, July 21, 2025.

Ani noted that one Assistant Commissioner was absent for the exercise and was not promoted.

Ani stated that the commission also approved the promotion of 145 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners which included General Duty Police Officers and specialists such as Officers from Airwing, Medical Doctors and Dentists, Pharmacists, Lab Scientists, physiotherapists and Nurses. Other are Priests, Airwing and aircraft Engineers.

29 Superintendents of Police, all Specialists (Info-Tec, Works and AFIS), were also promoted to the next rank of Chief Superintendents of Police.

The PSC also approved the promotion of 38 Deputy Superintendents (Specialists) to the next rank of Superintendents.

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The 12 Commissioners of Police promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police are Johnson Oluwole Adenola, current Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, former Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police and also former Deputy Commissioner Operations, Delta State Command; Ako Benedict Gabriel, Current CP Anti Fraud; and Ahmadu Tijani Abdullahi, CP Jigawa State.

Others include Emmanuel Adegbola Aina, acting AIG Intelligence, Force Intelligence; Omolara Ibidun Oloruntola; Hassan Abdu Yababet, CP, Police College Jos; Bretet Emmanuel Simon; CP Taraba; Enyinnaya Inonachi Adiogu, CP FCID, Gombe Zonal Command; Aminu Baba Raji; CP Special Unit, FCID, Alagbon; Mohammed Mu’azu Usman, CP Eastern Ports, Portharcourt Festus Chinedu Oko, acting AIG DLS Department, Force Headquarters and Ronke Nurat Okunade, Special Fraud Unit FCID Annex Lagos.

Ani disclosed that successful officers underwent examination and interview sessions conducted by the PSC.

The PSC Chairman, Argungu said the promotion examinations have come to stay in line with global best practices and advised the officers to sit up or to be showed the way out.

Argungu said the Police Force must be good enough to hold their own any where and ensure that Nigeria is freed from criminals and criminality.

He congratulated the successful officers and urged them to rededicate themselves to the service of the nation.

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