The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 78 senior police officers, including 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), and 57 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) to ACPs.

The promotions were approved during the second Plenary Meeting of the PSC, held on Tuesday, December 17.

PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

He said the meeting followed the approval on Monday, December 16, for the promotion of 11 Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors General and 16 Deputy Commissioners to substantive Commissioners.

Among the newly promoted Commissioners is former DCP, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, who served as the Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Finance in the Jigawa State Command. Elleman was also the immediate past Head of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit and had previously been the Deputy Commissioner of Operations at Zone 7, Abuja.

PSC spokesman noted that the officers were subjected to written and oral examinations during the plenary.

?Issues such as logistics and manpower challenges were identified as significant obstacles in many police departments, zones, states, and divisional commands. The officers advocated for these issues to be addressed to improve the functionality of the Nigeria Police Force,? the statement read.

The following ACPs were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police:

Christopher Bassey Uweh, Area Commander, Ihiala, Anambra State

Abdulrahaman Usman, AC Ops, Zone 2, Lagos

Baba Mallam Alhaji, Area Commander, Agbara, Ogun State

Aminu Ado Aliyu, Commander, 59 PMF, Bajoga

Mohammed Lariski Musa, BPU, Kwara State

Makuliso Baba Umar, Area Commander, Kontagora, Niger State

Shaibu Bello, INEC Headquarters, Abuja

Lawrence Iwodi, Area Commander, Ayetoro, Ogun State

Arabia Ashe Mohammed, DFA, Nasarawa State

Ali Garba Agbo, Welfare, Force Headquarters, Abuja

Halilu Muawiyah, Commander, 51 PMF, Oghara

Sani Ja?afar Ahmed, Area Commander, Gusau, Zamfara State

Ado Ibrahim, SCID, Delta State Command

Abubakar Ardo, Commander, 35 PMF, Dutse

Mohammed Usman Modibbo, Assistant Director OPS, North Central Zone

Yusuf S. Taiwo, Area Commander, Ilesha, Osun State

Bashiru Abdullahi, Area Commander, Tambuwal, Sokoto State

Ahmadu Bello Garba, DFA, Zone 4, Makurdi

Paul Dung, State CID, Enugu

David Nonyelum Osuani, Area Commander, Ogidi, Anambra State

The 57 CSPs promoted to ACP include:

Ezeala Daniel Ezeala

Tamarauebi Timpa

Toyin Ahmed Sulyman, DPO, Abacha Road, Mararaba, Plateau State

Mohammed Sani Abubakar

Marcus Michael Tarfa, Interpol FCIID, Abuja

Uba Shehu

Elijah Eleke

John Inyang

Ochomo ThankGod

Abimbola Tokunbo Abaniwonda

Oluseyi Olabisi Cletus-Ilobanafor

Ahmed Usman Muhammed

Okezie Daniel Iroakazi

Emeka Emmanuel Adigwe

Suraju Kehinde Oyewole

Abubakar Yusuf

Hassan Khalil Ibrahim

William Robinson Odumu, DPO, Anambra State

Glory Gabriel Otonko, Force Intelligence Bureau, Enugu State

Alex Sani Gwazah

Matilda Ugowe

Hamman Aminu. (Channels TV)

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