Hashimu Argungu,Chairman Police Service Commission, Vows To Sustain Compulsory Examinations Before Promotions, Approves Elevation of 219 Senior Officers To Next Ranks {Full List}

Hashimu Argungu

OpenLife Nigeria reports that the Police Service Commission today, Tuesday, March 18th 2025, continued with it’s ongoing Plenary Meeting with the promotion of 219 senior Police Officers of different ranks.

The Commission had on Monday approved the promotion of 66 Officers that included 20 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 19 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioners.

Others were 13 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 14 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.

The Commission today approved the promotion of 26 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners; 23 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners and 170 Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendents.

The Assistant Commissioners of Police elevated to the next rank are; Tarzan Yusuf Tsav, Area Commander, Irrua, Edo State who was also a former Area Commander, Uromi in the same state; Samantha Nansah Barko, ACP SCID, Bauchi state Command; Shehu Wase Abdullahi, Area Commander Kazaure, Jigawa State Command; Ajeigbe Olayinka, Area Commander, Area ‘M’ Idimu, Lagos; Abubakar Haruna, Area Commander, Metro, Jos, Plateau State; Elisha Daniel Bawa, ACP Operations Kwara State Command; Ibrahim Abdul Ahmed, Area Commander, Katsina-Ala, Benue State; Williams Aboi Tawon, ACP Department of Finance and Administration, Zone 7, Abuja and Elija Sunny Dangana, ACP CID, Oyo State, ACP Provost, Force Headquarters, Lagos Annex and ACP CID Maritime Command, Force Headquarters, Annex, Lagos.

Others are; Bello Wudil Hamisu, ACP Eastern By-Pass, Kano; Usanga Ime Bassey, ACP DFA, Cross Rivers State; Alice Ajuma Abbah, ACP PSFU, Abuja; ACP Abdulaziz Aliyu, ACP Anti Human Trafficking, FCID Abuja; ACP Yahaya Usman, Area Commander, Degema, Rivers state; Mohammed Abdullahi, Area Commander Ringim, Jigawa State; Shehu Garba, Assistant Director, Operations, North West Zone, office of the National Security Adviser; Tukur Garba, ACP, Operations, Jigawa State; Dankwano Wilson, Commander PMF 11, Calabar; Mohammed Mujitaba Makama, Area Commander, Dutsinma Katsina State and Hassan Yahaya, Area Commander, Nsukka, Enugu State.

Charles Okafor, ACP Cyber Security, Info-Tech Abuja; Raphael Aiwansosa, ACP Admin Communication, Force Headquarters Abuja; Frances Olufemi Oshuporu; Commandant PCIT, Abeokuta; Kangiwa Ibrahim; Director ICT, POLAC; Donald King Ibanga, ACP Information Management System, Force Headquarters and Andatu Pati Magaji of the Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja make up the 26 Assistant Commissioners promoted to Deputy Commissioners.

The 22 Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to Assistant Commissioners include; Ibrahim Kayode Ajanaku; Uduaku Bassey Edet; Kabir Afolabi Kazeem; Abubakar MU’azu Dalhatu; Tudun- wada Munir Ahmad; Alhaji Bello Oro and Bashir Kachala.

Others also include; Egbeyemi Olayinka Saheed, former Commander Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences, Former Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State and Commander Raider, D9 Section of Lagos State CID, Panti Lagos; Theophilus Emeka Eze, DPO, Ihiala, Anambra State and also former DPO Ogbunike of the same State.

Some of the 170 Assistant Superintendents of Police promoted to the next rank of Deputy Superintendents are; Gombwer Wokdung; Bulus Danjuma; Mohammed Usman; Yusuf Ibrahim , Katsina State Command; Ahmad Katama, Kano state Command; Danjuma Musa, Kaduna State Command and Ugwuanyi Obinna Peter 2i/c Anti Kidnapping section, Zonal CID Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State.

Others are; Abraham Albert, Mopol 50, kubwa, Abuja; Abduljalal Bello Muhammad, Police College Kaduna; Ezeme Lambert Obinna, Anambra state Command and Usman Musa Said, Kano state Command amongst others.

Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni told the Officers during the promotion examination and interactive interview that promotion exams have come to stay.

DIG Argungu said the Police must accept the reality that every public servant must be subjected to promotion examinations. He noted that the Commission will not promote any Police Officer who has not gone through one form of examination or the other in line with the existing public service Rules.

DIG Taiwo Lakanu, fdc, Honourable Commissioner representing the Police and Chief Onyemuchi Nnamani were part of the interview panel and supervised the written examination.