The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Mr. Ademola Johnson as the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo State.
Mr. Johnson’s appointment follows the retirement of the former commissioner in the state, Mr. Shonubi, last month.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Johnson served as a Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Similarly, the PSC also approved the appointment of Mamman Giwa as the new Commissioner of Police in Enugu State.
The Commission further approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police and the promotion of Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, Uzuegbu Kanayo, to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police.
The newly appointed Deputy Inspectors General of Police, as confirmed by the Commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, are: Sadiq Idiris Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, former Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory; CP Peacekeeping Operations and Coordinator, Police Special Forces; Benjamin Nebolisa Okolo, former AIG, Zone 16, Yenagoa, and current AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters, Abuja; and Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos.
Other newly appointed DIGs are: Bzigu Yakubu Kwazi Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu; Idegwu Basil Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Katsina; and Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, AIG Zone 16, Yenagoa, former Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, and former CP Border Patrol, Force Headquarters, CP Crime Prevention and Community safety; Deputy Force Secretary, and current AIG in charge of NPF Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU, Force Headquarters Abuja.
CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, has been promoted to Assistant Inspector General of Police. He previously served as Assistant Commissioner 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.
The Commission also approved the promotion of eight Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police.
They are Abdullahi Kamba Usman; Sani Abdu; Ifeanyi Owo; Vincent Orole; Elisha Atikinkpan; Margaret Okonkwo; Alhasan Aliyu Guga; and Imo Owinizi Ezekiel.
According to Ani, the newly promoted senior Police Officers underwent written examinations and interactive oral interviews.
“The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, presided over the sessions with Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court rtd and Honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the Commission; DIG Taiwo Lakanu rtd fdc, Honourable Commissioner representing the Police and Chief Onyemuchi Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission in attendance.
“DIG Argungu charged the new DIGs to give the Inspector-General of Police the required support and cooperation to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force would be in a good position to secure the Nigerian space and ensure that law and order are maintained”, Ani stated.
