The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The approval was announced in a statement dated Thursday, October 29, 2026, and signed by Torty Njoku Kalu, ANIPR, Head of Protocol and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission, Abuja. The promotions followed the officers’ successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the Commission.
The approvals were granted at the PSC’s plenary meeting in Abuja, presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), mni, psc, NPM.
Among those elevated to the rank of DIG are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who currently 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 has also served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The Commission approved the elevation of 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/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; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP GI, FCID Kaduna.
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of CP. They are Nache Bashir Liman, DC ZCID; Sirajo Lawal Salihu, DC FMIU; Ayeleye Adegboyega E., DC AHTU FCID; Isiaka O. Salau, DC SID Ibadan; Usman Shaik Adamu, DC CID Jos; Aminu Maiwada Garba, DC DFA NGS; Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, DC DFA Yobe; Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, DC Administration FCID; Sani Adamu Nufawa, DC Inter School, Kwara State; Bello M. Adamu, DCA Zone 2; Okezie Chikezie C., DC Anti-Fraud FCID Abuja; Aminu Usman Gusau, DC DFA Katsina; Abiodun Onuoha, DC DFA Oyo; Salisu Bello Fago, DC DFA Zamfara; Adegoke A. Alani, DC CID Delta; Wuwa Auwal Muhammad, DC Airwing; and Benedict U. Agbo, DC Forensic.
The PSC further approved the promotion of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). Among them are Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, MBBS, FWACP, Medical Director, MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh, psc(+), Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of Kano State Command.
Other promotions include 49 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) elevated to ACPs, 245 Superintendents of Police (SPs) promoted to CSPs, 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) elevated to SPs, and 3,218 officers promoted to DSPs.
Among those promoted from CSP to ACP are Danjuma Ribah of SFU Lagos; Peter Ajah Oluohu of Cross River State Command; Effiom Okon of Anambra State Command; Emmanuel Kayode of Lagos State Command; and Mohammed Bello Goshe, DPO Madalla Division.
Those elevated from SP to CSP include Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of FCT Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, PPRO Adamawa; Abah James of Rivers State Command; Okere Romanus, DPO Isiowulu Division, Anambra; Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex, Officer-in-Charge, Monitoring Unit, Zone 9, Umuahia; Vincent Elekwa, Second-in-Command, VCRU, Rivers State Command; Umar Sani of FCT Command; and Mustapha Mohammed.
Among the DSPs promoted to SPs are Isa Osu of Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of 12 PMF Squadron, Minna; and Akadu Godwin of TIU, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The newly promoted DSPs 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, Officer-in-Charge, Confidential, Commissioner of Police, MOPOL’s Office, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji of Force Headquarters; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of FID-IRT, Force Headquarters, Abuja; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman Argungu urged them to see their elevation as motivation to improve their performance and commitment to policing.
He said greater responsibilities now rested on their shoulders, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.
Kalu, in the statement issued on behalf of the Commission, conveyed the PSC’s announcement of the promotions and the Chairman’s charge to the officers to justify their new ranks through greater dedication to duty.
