Lagos CP, 11 Others Promoted To AIG

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, is among the 12 Commissioners of Police approved for promotion to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police by the Police Service Commission on Thursday.

Apart from the 12 CPs promoted to AIG, 19 Deputy Commissioners of Police, DCPs, were also promoted to CPs.

The new AIGs are:
Ogundele Ayodeji
Patrick Edung
Badru Lawal
Bartholomew Onyeka
Suleiman Yusuf
Idowu Owohunwa
Rhoda Olofu
Godwin Aghaulor
Effiom Ekot
Stanley Ude
Longe Patrick
Ndu Anene.

Head of Press and Public Relations at the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, announced the PSC’s decision in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja.

Ani stated that 5,718 senior police officers comprising of both general duty and specialist cadres of the Force were promoted.

He added that 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police, ACPs were promoted to CP while 33 Chief Superintendents of Police, CSPs were elevated to ACP.

Mr Ani stated also that 265 Superintendents of Police, SPs, were promoted to CSPs, while 59 Deputy Superintendents of Police, DSPs, were promoted to SPs.

He added that 4,750 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and another 146 ASPs, who were omitted during the May 2022 promotion exercise, were elevated to the rank of DSP.

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“For the specialists’ cadre, the Commission approved the promotion of two ACPs, one from Air Wing and the other from Forensic Department to the rank of DCP.

“Forty-seven CSPs comprising 23 doctors and 24 Veterinary Doctors were promoted to the rank of ACP,” Mr Ani stated.

Also promoted were 190 SPs from the Computer Info-Tech Unit, eight from Works Department, one from Workshop and 12 from Transport unit,

Two SPs were promoted at the Forensic Department, just as two handwriting specialists, one SP of Ballistics unit, one from Religion unit and one veterinary doctor were also promoted.

Forty-seven specialists of Assistant Superintendents of Police rank and of different units were also promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.