The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs), in a major shake-up of the Nigeria Police Force’s leadership structure.
The promotions were approved at the commission’s plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, following the officers’ successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews.
The meeting was presided over by the PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd).
Leading the list of elevated officers are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi. Both were promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.
Adegbite holds a bachelor’s degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a master’s degree in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), an associate of the FBI National Academy and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Morris, who hails from Gombe State, holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The commission also promoted 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police.
They are Omosanyin Olusegun, CP Administration, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, CP Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; Regina Cosmas Udoette, CP GI, FCID Annex, Enugu; Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, CP Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, CP Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, CP Nasarawa State; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former CP Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, CP GI, FCID Kaduna.
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
The newly promoted officers are Nache Bashir Liman, Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Isiaka O. Salau, Usman Shaik Adamu, Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Sani Adamu Nufawa, Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.
They currently serve in various units and formations, including the Zonal Criminal Investigation Department, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, State Commands, Airwing and Forensic Department.
The PSC also approved the elevation of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police.
Among the officers promoted are Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director of Liberal Studies at the Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.
The promotion exercise also covered officers across several other ranks.
A total of 49 Chief Superintendents of Police were promoted to Assistant Commissioners of Police. Those listed include Danjuma Ribah of the Special Forces Unit, Lagos; Peter Ajah Oluohu of Cross River State Command; Effiom Okon of Anambra State Command; Emmanuel Kayode of Lagos State Command; and Mohammed Bello Goshe, Divisional Police Officer of Madalla Division.
Another 245 Superintendents of Police were elevated to Chief Superintendents of Police. The beneficiaries include Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, PPRO, Adamawa State; Abah James of Rivers State Command; and Okere Romanus, DPO of Isiowulu Division, Anambra State.
The commission further approved the promotion of 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents of Police.
Among them are Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of the 12 Police Mobile Force Squadron, Minna; and Akadu Godwin of the Tactical Intelligence Unit at Force Headquarters, Abuja.
In addition, 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police were promoted to Deputy Superintendents of Police.
The beneficiaries include Frank Okafor, former Chief Security Officer of Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo; Samson Sule, Chief Security Officer to the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund; Ibrahim Abuh of the Force Headquarters; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji of Force Headquarters; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Force Intelligence Department’s Intelligence Response Team; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as a call to greater responsibility and improved service delivery.
He charged them to intensify efforts to protect lives and property, enforce the law and strengthen public safety across the country.
Argungu stressed that the promotions came with higher expectations, urging the officers to demonstrate professionalism, dedication and commitment to their duties.
The announcement was signed by Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Relations at the Police Service Commission, Abuja, on October 29, 2026.
