PSC Drops Magu, Promotes Three DIGs, 24 CPs, 137 Others

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police.
The commission, however, declined the promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), CP Ibrahim Magu.
The commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, IkechukwuAni, made this known in a statement, yesterday titled, ‘PSC Promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, Drops Ibrahim Magu’.
According to Ani, the decisions were the highpoints of the commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was presided over by the commission’s Chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police.
“The commission declined the promotion of CP Magu pending clearance from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of Police,” the statement partly read.
Magu, who served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to 2020, was rejected twice by the Senate.
He was later suspended along with several others for allegedly mismanaging funds of the commission, an allegation which he vehemently denied.
The former EFCC boss was probed for over three months by a judicial panel of inquiry led by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.
The panel made several recommendations but the report has not been made public to date.
President MuhammaduBuhari, later in February, 2021, named 40-year-old AbdulrasheedBawa as the new EFCC chairman to replace Magu.
In the statement, the Police Service Commission confirmed the acting appointments of three Deputy Inspectors General of Police.
Those whose acting appointments were confirmed were Tijanni Baba who replaced DIG AminchiBaraya (rtd) in the North-East; Zanna Ibrahim, who replaced DIG Ibrahim Larmode (rtd), in the North-East; and Moses Jitoboh who replaced DIG Ogbizi Michael (rtd) in the South-South zone.
The commission also approved the promotion of 35 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners, 52 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners and 46 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners.
The statement further read, “It also considered and approved the promotion of 10 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents, 17 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents, 139 Assistant Superintendents of Police, whose names were skipped during the last promotion, to Deputy Superintendents and nine Inspectors to Assistant Superintendents of Police.
“The 24 Commissioners of Police promoted to Assistant Inspectors General of Police were; UsmanNagogo, currently CP Federal Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters Abuja; BalaCiroma, CP, FCT Command; Ahmad Abdurrahman, NIPPS, Jos; Adeleke Bode, CP, Kebbi State Command; Muri Musa, CP Kaduna State Command; LawalTanko, (former COMPOL POPOL) and presently Commandant Police Academy Wudil Kano; DaudaAbdulkarim, Commandant Police Training College Kaduna; UsmanBelele, CP Research and Development, Force Headquarters Abuja.
Others are “Adebola Emmanuel Longe, CP. Nasarawa State; Musa Adze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCIID, Abuja; Philip Sule, former CP Ebonyi and currently CP SPU Force Headquarters, Abuja; UsmanSuleGomna, CP Jigawa State Command; AdamuUsman, CP Niger State Command; Daniel Sokari Pedro, Deputy Commandant, Police Academy Wudil, Kano; Ahmed Mohammed Azare, CP Taraba Command; AdamuSalehJajeri; MaiganaAlhajiSani, CP FCIID Annex Kaduna; AuduAdamuMadaki, former CP Welfare, presently CP, Benue State; and Ibrahim SaniKaoje; NIPPS”.
Also promoted were “John OgbonnayaAmadi CP Airport Command; Ede AyubaEkpeji, CP Kogi State Command; Mohammed Bagega, Kwara State Command; Bello Makwashi, CP Borno State Command, BubaSanusi, CP Katsina State Command.
“The 35 Deputy Commissioners of Police promoted to Commissioners include; IdowuOwohunwa, Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police; Babaji Sunday, Deputy Commissioner, Operations, FCT Command, ArungwaUdochukwuNwazue, former DCP, Operations, FCT and currently DCP, Ops Zone 9, Umuahia; AyubaElkana, DCP Ops Zamfara State Command; Mohammed Barde, DCP CID, Borno State Command; AbdullahiMudasiru, DCP Force Intelligence Annex Lagos; SalisuGedeji, DCP Training FHQs Abuja; Umar Mohammed Na, Isa DCP Ops, Jigawa; Musa Baba, DCP Armament, FHQs Abuja; D.D Kromda; ChollongGyang DCP, CID Zamfara; and AliyuTafida.
“Others were; AbubakarLawal; AliyuHaruna; AlhassanAminu, Abdul Umar; Vincent Amakiri; Adewale Harry; A.M Williams; ShettimaZanna; EbongEribo, DCP Admin, Bayelsa State Command; AdepojuIlori, DCP Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, OkonOkon, DCP, National Defence College, Abuja; EchengEcheng DCP Zone 13, Ukpo; SussanHorsfal, former DCP CID Airports Command and presently DCP CID, AkwaIbom State Command; AdeshinaMorenkeji, Augustine Arop, former DCP Admin, AkwaIbom State Command and presently DCP CID, Osun State Command and BankoleLanreSikiru, DCP Interpol Lagos, among others.
“The 52 Assistant Commissioners of Police promoted to Deputy Commissioners include; AkinbayoOlasunkanmiOlasoji, Area Commander, Area B, Apapa, Lagos; Bello Yahaya, ACP Ops, FIB, Abuja; Bakori A. Ibrahim, former PSO to Inspector General of Police and presently Commandant Bayelsa State Task Force on Operation Doo Apo; AdepojuOlugbengaAdewole, Area Commander P, Alagbon Close, Lagos sate Command; AjideOlayinka; Alice Agba; SadiqIdris; Mustapha Abubakar; Agbo Godwin; AliyuIliya; and Samuel Oke.
“Some of the Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to ACPs include; Ibrahim Ada Usman; Jatau Hassan Anga second in command 23 PMF, Lagos; Benjamin Ogungbure; Elechi Raphael Nkem; ShehuSambo, MakanjuolaAbiodun and AbayomiOlugbengaMegbope.
“OlusegunRafiu, Mohammed AwwalYahaya and Ben Kalio were some of the ten Superintendents of Police promoted to Chief Superintendents, while ErhaborOrobosa Henry was one of the 17 DSPs promoted to Superintendents of Police.
“The Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith, congratulated the beneficiaries and demanded of them, a commitment to the service of the Nigerian nation and to operate within the laws of the land and with the fear of God. He said the commission will continue to ensure that promotions in the Police will follow due process and as and when due.”