Police Service Commission Approves Promotion of More Than 3,800 Senior Officers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, 10 Assistant Inspectors-General and 17 Commissioners of Police.

The approvals followed the officers’ performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the Commission.

The decision was reached at the Commission’s plenary meeting in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).

Among the top promotions, AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi, were elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

Adegbite previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He holds a degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a master’s degree in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.

Morris, who is from Gombe State, holds a degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He has also served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.

The Commission also promoted 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General. 

They include Omosanyin Olusegun, Ogbodo Ugobueze, Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, Regina Cosmas Udoette, Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, Nwogoh Martin, Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Ibrahim D. Gotan and Danjuma I. Yahaya.

Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police.

In other categories, 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police were promoted to Deputy Commissioners, while 49 Chief Superintendents of Police became Assistant Commissioners.

The Commission further approved the promotion of 245 Superintendents to Chief Superintendents, 498 Deputy Superintendents to Superintendents and 3,218 Assistant Superintendents to Deputy Superintendents.

Congratulating the newly promoted officers, Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as motivation to improve their performance, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.

He said much was expected of them in the discharge of their responsibilities.

The promotions were announced in a statement issued by the Commission’s Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, on October 29, 2026.