The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion and elevation of more than 3,800 senior police officers across various commands, formations, and operational units nationwide.
The resolutions were reached during the commission’s plenary session convened in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, presided over by the commission’s Chairman, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Hashimu Salihu Argungu. The regulatory agency noted that the exercise was strictly merit-based, following the candidates’ successful participation in mandatory promotion examinations and oral screening interviews designed to institutionalise corporate governance and operational accountability across the Nigeria Police Force.
Leading the upper-echelon elevations, the commission appointed two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police – Olaolu Adegbite, head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and Dankombo F. Morris, head of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi – to the rank of substantive Deputy Inspector-General. Additionally, 10 Commissioners of Police, including Omosanyin Olusegun and Ogbodo Ugobueze, were elevated to Assistant Inspectors-General.
17 Deputy Commissioners of Police, including Nache Bashir Liman, were promoted to the rank of substantive Commissioner of Police.
The extensive administrative advancement also covered mid-level and field commanding personnel, including the elevation of 85 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioner, 49 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioner, 245 Superintendents to Chief Superintendent, 498 Deputy Superintendents to Superintendent, and 3,218 Assistant Superintendents to Deputy Superintendent.
Speaking through the Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, Argungu congratulated the newly advanced officers and charged them to view their elevation as a call to higher civic duty. He urged them to redouble their operational commitment to safeguarding lives and property, enforcing the rule of law, and justifying the institutional trust placed in them.
