PSC promotes seven AIGs to DIGs, urges upholding professionalism

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), in a move aimed at strengthening the leadership cadre of the Nigeria Police Force.

The promotions, based on merit, seniority, service records, and performance in a written examination and oral interview conducted at the PSC’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja, are part of ongoing efforts to fill vacancies created by the retirement of eight DIGs who previously held these strategic offices.

The newly promoted DIGs include Zachariah Fera Achinyan, fdc (formerly AIG Zone 4, Makurdi), Zango Ibrahim Baba (formerly AIG Department of Logistics and Supply), Isyaku Mohammed (formerly AIG Armament, Force Headquarters, Abuja), Margaret Agebe Ochalla (formerly AIG FCID Annex, Lagos), Mohammed Abdul Sulaiman, mni (formerly AIG Police Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, Abuja), Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc (formerly AIG Zone 15, Maiduguri), and Umar Shehu Nadada, mni (formerly AIG Zone 14, Katsina).

This promotion follows the recent elevation of DIG Fayoade Adegoke to the substantive rank of DIG, who will now join the Force Management Team.

Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd) charged them to uphold the expectations of their offices, prioritise national security, and foster productive collaboration with the Commission to ensure continued development of the Nigeria Police Force.

The exercise involved PSC board members, including Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, JSC (Rtd), Dr. Taiwo Lakanu (DIG Rtd & Chairman, PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters), and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani (Secretary to the Commission), who acted as examiners during the assessment process.