35 Senior Police Officers, comprising fourteen (14) Assistant Inspector Generals of Police and twenty-one (21) Commissioners of Police were decorated with their new ranks amidst cheers from families, friends, and well-wishers
Amongst the newly decorated officers include AIGs Yetunde Longe; Haruna Gabriel Garba; Tajudeen Akinwale Abass, Julius Alawiri Okoro; George Chijioke Chuku; and CPs Olanrewaju Peter Ogunlowo; Mohammed Dahiru; Dankombo Faling Morris; and David Iloyanomon amongst others.
Also CSP Badmos Opeyemi Dolapo former Zone 2 PPRO now Assistant Commissioner of Police. Due to her exceptional leadership prowess, Opetodolapo Badmos was elected by her colleagues as the 6th Chief Făcilitator of the Militáry, Police and Páramilitary Publîc Relātions Officers Fôrum in 2017 - 2019.
Decorating the senior officers today at the at the Goodluck Jonathan International Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, expresses confidence that their ardent impact would boost the endeavor for excellence in the discharge of police constitutional responsibilities.
The Inspector General of Police, while congratulating the newly decorated senior officers on their well-deserved promotions, emphasizes the imperative for the newly posted and redeployed AIGs and CPs to bring their wealth of experience to bear in their respective assignments.
The IGP has ordered the posting and redeployment of seventeen (17) AIGs and eighteen (18) CPs with immediate effect. The affected AIGs include AIG Yetunde O. Longe to AIG Training; AIG Haruna Gabriel Garba to AIG Armament; AIG Rex Dundun to AIG FCID Annex Kaduna; AIG Durosinmi A. Olatoye to AIG Zone 2 Lagos; AIG Afolabi Babatunde Adeniyi to AIG Zone 3; AIG Abiodun Oladimeji Asabi to AIG Zone 12 Bauchi; AIG George Chijioke Chuku to AIG Zone 17 Akure; AIG Paul Alifa Omata to AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa, and AIG Yusuf Adesina Akeem, fdc, to AIG Zone 8 Lokoja.
The newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include CP Patrick Atayero to CP EOD; CP Illiyasu Yahaya Kwarbai to CP Admin Airwing; CP Bello Mohammed Sani to CP Force Provost Marshal; CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh to CP Eastern Port ; CP Rose Chollom Dung to CP Welfare; and CP Olarenwaju Ogunlowo to CP Special Intervention Squad.
SpyeTV News reports that the Police Service Commission on Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 also approved the promotion of 1897 senior Police Officers to their next substantive ranks.
