PSC PROMOTES OVER 3,800 POLICE OFFICERS, ELEVATES TWO DIGs
Adegbite, Morris, 10 Others Among Officers Elevated in Major Promotion Exercise
By Temidayo Babalola
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), following their success in promotion examinations and oral interviews.
The approvals were granted at the Commission’s plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, under the chairmanship of DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), mni, psc, NPM.
Among the officers elevated to the rank of DIG are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi.
Adegbite holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and an MA in Philology from the Pushkin Institute, 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 BA 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 COMMISSIONERS ELEVATED TO AIG
The Commission also approved the promotion of ten 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/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP GI, FCID Annex, Enugu; Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, fdc, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP Nasarawa State; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP GI, FCID Kaduna.
17 OFFICERS PROMOTED TO COMMISSIONERS
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) were also promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
The officers are Nache Bashir Liman, Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Isiaka O. Salau, Usman Shaik Adamu, Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Sani Adamu Nufawa, Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.
Their previous assignments include various directorates and departments covering criminal investigation, anti-fraud operations, intelligence, administration, forensic services and other specialised police units across the country.
THOUSANDS OF OTHER OFFICERS BENEFIT
The promotion exercise also covered officers across several other ranks.
A total of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) were promoted to Deputy Commissioners of Police. Among them are ACP Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of the MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; ACP Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and ACP Mannir Yusuf Gafai of Kano State Command.
The Commission further approved the promotion of 49 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to ACPs, 245 Superintendents of Police (SPs) to CSPs and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to SPs.
In addition, 3,218 officers were promoted to the rank of DSP. The beneficiaries include officers serving in various commands, formations and specialised units of the Nigeria Police Force.
Among those promoted in the lower categories are CSP Danjuma Ribah of the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos; SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command; DSP Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; and ASP Frank Okafor, a former Chief Security Officer at Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo.
PSC CHAIRMAN CHARGES OFFICERS ON GREATER RESPONSIBILITY
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd) urged them to regard their promotions as motivation to intensify their commitment to duty.
He charged the officers to demonstrate greater dedication to protecting lives and property, maintaining law and order, and carrying out their statutory responsibilities.
Argungu noted that the promotions came with increased expectations, urging the beneficiaries to justify the confidence reposed in them through professionalism, discipline and improved service delivery.
The statement was signed by Torty Njoku Kalu, ANIPR, Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Police Service Commission, Abuja, and dated October 29, 2026.
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