PSC promotes seven AIGs to DIGs

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) as part of efforts to strengthen the leadership cadre of the Nigeria Police Force.

According to the Commission, the promotions followed a rigorous process that included written examinations and oral interviews conducted on Friday at the Commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja.

The newly promoted DIGs are:

Zachariah Fera Achinyan, fdc (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, mni (formerly AIG Police Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, Abuja)

Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc (formerly AIG Zone 15, Maiduguri)

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

This latest round of promotions follows the recent elevation of DIG Fayoade Adegoke to the substantive rank of DIG.

A statement by the commission said, “He will now join the Force Management Team.

“The promotions became necessary to fill the vacancies created by the retirement of eight (8) DIGs who previously occupied these strategic offices”.

While congratulating, the new DIGs, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd), charged them to live up to the expectations of their new offices.

Some of the PSC Board Members who took part as examiners in the exercise included Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, JSC (rtd); Dr. Taiwo Lakanu (DIG retd & Chairman, PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters); and Chief Onyemuche Nnamani (Secretary to the Commission).