Police Commission Appoints Six DIGs, CPs For Oyo, Enugu

Six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) have been appointed, according to the Police Service Commission (PSC).

The commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, also announced the promotion of Uzuegbu Kanayo’s Commissioner of Police to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in a statement released on Tuesday.

Sadiq Abubakar, the new DIG, is the head of the Police Staff College Jos, and Williams Adebowale, the head of the Police Staff College Jos, are the new DIGs: Benjamin Okolo, the former AIG in Zone 16, Yenagoa, and AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja.

Other members include Adebola Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa, AIG Zone 16, Annex Enugu, Annex Enugu, Idegwu Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Bzigu Bali, AIG Zone 16, and former Oyo State Command Commissioner of Police.

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Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Assistant Commissioner for Operations, Zone 9, Umuahia, Area Commander, Owerri, Area Commander Karu, Nasarawa state, Commander Switch Operation Switch, Portharcourt, Deputy Commissioner Finance and Admin Edo State Command, DCP, state CID, Osun State, and Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja were the members of the commission’s list of AIGs.

The Commission also approved the appointment of Oyo and Enugu State Command police commissioners. CP Oyo State was created in the capacity of CP Ademola Johnson, the Inspector General of Police’s principal staff officer.

He also served as Delta State Command’s Deputy Commissioner. Enugu State’s CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa succeeds AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, who was recently promoted. Prior to joining the Police Mobile Force, CP Giwa served as the former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Command, ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja, and CSP A, Commissioner of Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters, among other positions.

Additionally, the Commission approved the promotion of eight Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next position. They are Margaret Okonkwo, Sani Abdu, Ifeanyi Owo, Vincent Orole, Elisha Atikinkpan, Sani Abdu, Sani Abdu, and Abdullahi Kamba Usman. Imo Owinizi Ezekiel and Alhasan Aliyu Guga are the other two.

“The newly promoted senior police officers were given written exams and an interactive oral interview.”

The Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), and Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court, Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the Commission, DIG Taiwo Lakanu (rtd), Commissioner representing the Police, Onyemuchi Nnamani, Secretary of the Commission, were present.

Source: Channels TV