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The Police Service Commission has promoted seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police as part of efforts to strengthen the leadership structure of the Nigeria Police Force.

The promotions followed a merit-based process that included seniority, service records, and performance in written examinations and oral interviews conducted on Friday at the commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja.

The Head of Protocol and Public Affairs of PSC, Torty Kalu, announced the promotion in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

The officers elevated to the rank of DIG are:

Zachariah Fera Achinyan (formerly AIG, Zone 4, Makurdi)

Zango Ibrahim Baba (formerly AIG, Department of Logistics and Supply)

Isyaku Mohammed (formerly AIG, Armament, Force Headquarters, Abuja)

Margaret Agebe Ochalla (formerly AIG, FCID Annex, Lagos)

Mohammed Abdul Sulaiman (formerly AIG, Police Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, Abuja)

Kenechukwu Onwuemelie (formerly AIG, Zone 15, Maiduguri)

Umar Shehu Nadada (formerly AIG, Zone 14, Katsina)

The commission stated that the promotions were necessary to fill vacancies created by the recent retirement of eight DIGs who previously occupied strategic positions within the force.

According to the PSC, the promotions also followed the earlier elevation of DIG Fayoade Adegoke to the substantive rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

A statement issued by the commission said the newly promoted officers would now join the Force Management Team.

“The promotions became necessary to fill the vacancies created by the retirement of eight DIGs who previously occupied these strategic offices,” the commission said.

While congratulating the officers, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.), urged them to justify the confidence placed in them.

He tasked them with prioritising national security and maintaining a productive working relationship with the commission to support the continued development of the Nigeria Police Force.

Some members of the PSC Board who served as examiners during the promotion exercise included Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (retd.), Dr Taiwo Lakanu (retd. DIG and Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters), and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission.

fergie001:
Zacharia Feya Achinyan will retire on Tuesday 10th March ..... 😂

Kudos to them, long overdue though!

fergie001:
Zacharia Feya Achinyan will retire on Tuesday 10th March ..... 😂

Kudos to them, long overdue though!

Pakute:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/862086-psc-approves-promotion-of-seven-aigs-to-digs.html

fergie001:
Zacharia Feya Achinyan will retire on Tuesday 10th March ..... 😂

Kudos to them, long overdue though!

RichDad1:
Where is the Federal character? Because I can't find anyone from the SW on this list.

Lithiumite:
They won't comment on this,of it were the other way round they would have come out all guns blazing.....bloody hypocrites.

Lithiumite:
They won't comment on this,of it were the other way round they would have come out all guns blazing.....bloody hypocrites.

GboyegaD:
Hopefully, the promotion reflects in his pension and gratuity.

abobote:
Imagine where the posted the only Igbo AIG, maidugairi

fergie001:
Zacharia Feya Achinyan will retire on Tuesday 10th March ..... 😂

Kudos to them, long overdue though!

fergie001:
Zacharia Feya Achinyan will retire on Tuesday 10th March ..... 😂

Kudos to them, long overdue though!