PSC Gives Police 2 New DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs, Also Promotes 3,800 Other Officers

By Adesina Soyooye

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday, October 29, 2026, elevated two Assistant Inspectors General of Police to the rank of Deputy Inspectors General of Police.

The Commission, also, promoted 10 Commissioners of Police  to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs).  17 Deputy  Commissioners of Police were equally promoted to the rank of Commissioners of Police (CPs).

The promotions, the PSC said, follow the successful performance of the  officers in promotion examinations and oral interviews it conducted.

The PSC Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, in a statement, said the meeting was presided over by the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).

Leading the pack of promotions are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, head of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi, who  were promoted to Deputy Inspector-General of Police. Usually, in the Police, every of the seven zones in Nigeria is entitled to a Deputy Inspector General since it is regarded as a political appointment.

10 Commissioners of Police were promoted to the  rank AIGs, while 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police were promoted to Commissioners of Police.

Other promotions  include 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police elevated to Deputy Commissioners, 49 Chief Superintendents promoted to Assistant Commissioners, 245 Superintendents elevated to Chief Superintendents and 498 Deputy Superintendents promoted to Superintendents.

Also approved is the promotion of 3,218 officers to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.