Promotion exams for Police officers here to stay — PSC

•elevates 219 additional senior officers to next ranks

The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday, insisted that promotion examinations for Police officers in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have come to stay in line with public service of federal just as it approved the elevation of 219 additional senior officers to their next ranks

This was contained in a statement made available to news men in Abuja by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani.

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According to the statement, the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu Rd speaking during interactive session with the officers declared that the Police must accept the reality that every public servant must be subjected to promotion examinations.

He pointed out that the Commission would not promote any Police Officer who has not gone through one form of examination or the other in line with the existing public service rules.

The statement revealed that the Commission during the Tuesday’s plenary session approved the promotion of additional 219 senior Police Officers of different ranks comprising 26 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners; 23 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners and 170 Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendents.

“The Assistant Commissioners of Police elevated to the next rank are; Tarzan Yusuf Tsav, Area Commander, Irrua, Edo State who was also a former Area Commander, Uromi in the same state; Samantha Nansah Barko, ACP SCID, Bauchi state Command; Shehu Wase Abdullahi, Area Commander Kazaure, Jigawa State Command; Ajeigbe Olayinka, Area Commander, Area ‘M’ Idimu, Lagos; Abubakar Haruna, Area Commander, Metro, Jos, Plateau State; Elisha Daniel Bawa, ACP Operations Kwara State Command; Ibrahim Abdul Ahmed, Area Commander, Katsina-Ala, Benue State; Williams Aboi Tawon, ACP Department of Finance and Administration, Zone 7, Abuja and Elija Sunny Dangana, ACP CID, Oyo State, ACP Provost, Force Headquarters, Lagos Annex and ACP CID Maritime Command, Force Headquarters, Annex, Lagos.

“Others are; Bello Wudil Hamisu, ACP Eastern By-Pass, Kano; Usanga Ime Bassey, ACP DFA, Cross Rivers State; Alice Ajuma Abbah, ACP PSFU, Abuja; ACP Abdulaziz Aliyu, ACP Anti Human Trafficking, FCID Abuja; ACP Yahaya Usman, Area Commander, Degema, Rivers state; Mohammed Abdullahi, Area Commander Ringim, Jigawa State; Shehu Garba, Assistant Director, Operations, North West Zone, office of the National Security Adviser; Tukur Garba, ACP, Operations, Jigawa State; Dankwano Wilson, Commander PMF 11, Calabar; Mohammed Mujitaba Makama, Area Commander, Dutsinma Katsina State and Hassan Yahaya, Area Commander, Nsukka, Enugu State.

“The list also included Charles Okafor, ACP Cyber Security, Info-Tech Abuja; Raphael Aiwansosa, ACP Admin Communication, Force Headquarters Abuja; Frances Olufemi Oshuporu; Commandant PCIT, Abeokuta; Kangiwa Ibrahim; Director ICT, POLAC; Donald King Ibanga, ACP Information Management System, Force Headquarters and Andatu Pati Magaji of the Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja amongst others.

“It further added that the “22 Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to Assistant Commissioners include; Ibrahim Kayode Ajanaku; Uduaku Bassey Edet; Kabir Afolabi Kazeem; Abubakar MU’azu Dalhatu; Tudun- wada Munir Ahmad; Alhaji Bello Oro and Bashir Kachala.

“Others also include; Egbeyemi Olayinka Saheed, former Commander Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences, Former Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State and Commander Raider, D9 Section of Lagos State CID, Panti Lagos; Theophilus Emeka Eze, DPO, Ihiala, Anambra State and also former DPO Ogbunike of the same State.

“Some of the 170 Assistant Superintendents of Police promoted to the next rank of Deputy Superintendents are; Gombwer Wokdung; Bulus Danjuma; Mohammed Usman; Yusuf Ibrahim , Katsina State Command; Ahmad Katama, Kano state Command; Danjuma Musa, Kaduna State Command and Ugwuanyi Obinna Peter 2i/c Anti Kidnapping section, Zonal CID Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State.

“Others are; Abraham Albert, Mopol 50, kubwa, Abuja; Abduljalal Bello Muhammad, Police College Kaduna; Ezeme Lambert Obinna, Anambra state Command and Usman Musa Said, Kano state Command amongst others,” the statement read.

The Commission had on Monday approved the promotion of 66 officers that included 20 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 19 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioners. Others were 13 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 14 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.

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