Odita Sunday 
CP Orutugu, Ezima, Others Promoted to AIG Rank as 17 Others Become Commissioners
By Odita Sunday
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 93 senior police officers, including the elevation of Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, Director of the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), Akaninyene Ezima, and 11 other Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG).
The promotions were approved at the Commission’s plenary meeting held on Wednesday at its Corporate Headquarters in Abuja, following the officers’ successful participation in the recently concluded written examination and oral interview.
The newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police are Itam Nnaghe Obono, Bassey Samuel Ewah, Osagie John Agans-Irabor, Monday Agbonika, Iyamah Daniel Adebor, Isa Danladi Nda, Akaninyene Ezima, Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, Afegbua B. Rashid, Edozie Hycenth Azuka, Haruna Alaba Yahaya, Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent and Betty Enekpen Otimenyin.
The Commission also elevated 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the substantive rank of Commissioner of Police.
The newly promoted Commissioners of Police are Nelson Nwamanna, Bolanle A. Murtala, Danbaba Mohammed Labbo, Ajayi Oluyemi, Oki Rita Oyintare, Ibrahim Umar Zungura, Iya Umar Mohammed, Darma Nuhu Na’Aliyu, Nuruddeen A. Sabo, Tijjani Murtala, Yakubu Mohammed, Ibrahim Lukunche Usman, Akingbade C. Adeyinka, Mohammed Hassan Ahmed, Samuel Erale Ahmed, Adedeji Taiwo and Zainab A. Pembi.
Similarly, the PSC promoted 28 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police and 33 Chief Superintendents of Police to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.
The Commission also confirmed the appointments of 162 Assistant Superintendents of Police II to the substantive rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police I.
Congratulating the promoted officers, the Chairman of the PSC, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police Hashimu Salihu Argungu, urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them through professionalism, integrity and accountability.
He advised the officers to remain truthful and transparent in the discharge of their duties, while cautioning them against involvement in civil disputes, particularly land-related matters.
Argungu said, “Guide your reputation and integrity. Let your actions speak for you and not against you.”
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