PSC Elevates 2 DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs, 3,850 Others
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The promotions followed the officers’ successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the Commission.
The approvals were announced in a press release issued on Thursday, October 29, 2026, following the PSC’s plenary meeting in Abuja, presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd).
Among the officers elevated to the rank of DIG are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi.
Adegbite holds a bachelor’s degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a master’s degree in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Morris, who hails from Gombe State, holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State before his current posting to Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.
Ten AIGs, 17 Commissioners of Police promoted
The Commission also elevated 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of AIG.
They are Omosanyin Olusegun, CP Administration, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, CP Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/Executive Secretary, Nigeria Police Cooperative; Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP General Investigation, FCID Annex, Enugu; Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP Nasarawa State; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP General Investigation, FCID Kaduna.
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
They include Nache Bashir Liman, Deputy Commissioner, Zonal Criminal Investigation Department; Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Deputy Commissioner, Force Medical Investigation Unit; Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Deputy Commissioner, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, FCID; Isiaka O. Salau, Deputy Commissioner, State Criminal Investigation Department, Ibadan; Usman Shaik Adamu, Deputy Commissioner, CID Jos; and Aminu Maiwada Garba, Deputy Commissioner, DFA NGS.
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Others are Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Deputy Commissioner, DFA Yobe; Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Deputy Commissioner, Administration, FCID; Sani Adamu Nufawa, Deputy Commissioner, Inter-School, Kwara State; Bello M. Adamu, Deputy Commissioner, Administration, Zone 2; Okezie Chikezie C., Deputy Commissioner, Anti-Fraud, FCID Abuja; Aminu Usman Gusau, Deputy Commissioner, DFA Katsina; Abiodun Onuoha, Deputy Commissioner, DFA Oyo; Salisu Bello Fago, Deputy Commissioner, DFA Zamfara; Adegoke A. Alani, Deputy Commissioner, CID Delta; Wuwa Auwal Muhammad, Deputy Commissioner, Airwing; and Benedict U. Agbo, Deputy Commissioner, Forensic.
Thousands receive other promotions
The PSC further approved the elevation of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police.
Among them are Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.
The Commission also promoted 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police, 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.
Those promoted from CSP to ACP include Danjuma Ribah of the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos; Peter Ajah Oluohu of the Cross River State Command; Effiom Okon of the Anambra State Command; Emmanuel Kayode of the Lagos State Command; and Mohammed Bello Goshe, Divisional Police Officer, Madalla Division.
Among the 245 officers elevated from SP to CSP are Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, PPRO, Adamawa State Command; Abah James of the Rivers State Command; Okere Romanus, DPO, Isiowulu Division, Anambra State; and Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex of the Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia.
The 498 officers promoted from DSP to SP include Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of the 12 Police Mobile Force Squadron, Minna; and Akadu Godwin of the Technical Intelligence Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
In the largest category, the Commission approved the promotion of 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendents of Police.
They include Frank Okafor, former Chief Security Officer of Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo; Samson Sule, Chief Security Officer to the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; Ibrahim Abuh of the Confidential Office of the Commissioner of Police, Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji of Force Headquarters; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Force Intelligence Department’s Intelligence Response Team; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.
PSC chairman charges officers on performance
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as an incentive to improve their performance and commitment to duty.
He stressed that the promotions came with greater responsibilities, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.
The PSC chairman said much was expected of the officers and urged them to justify their new ranks through improved service delivery.
The statement was signed by Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Relations at the Police Service Commission, Abuja.
By PRNigeria
