A major shake-up in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has resulted in the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar, as Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).
Until his appointment, Abubakar was the AIG in charge of Zone 14 Katsina.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) approved the appointment on Friday.
The police authority, D’Gallery gqtgered, said the new DIG would represent the North East in the Police Management Team in replacement DIG, Habu Sani, who recently retired as DIG, Force Intelligence Bureau and representing the Zone.
The PSC also approved the promotion of 122 other senior police officers; 10 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of AIGs; 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police to substantive Commissioners and 36 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners.
Sixty-one Chief Superintendents of Police were also elevated to the next rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police.
A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said that the decisions were taken at the extraordinary management meeting of the Commission held on Thursday and presided over by the Chairman, Solomon Arase.
The 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police; 10 Commissioners and AIG Abubakar appeared before the Commission in session for the compulsory interactive promotion interview which is one of the requirements for their promotion to the next rank.
At the interactive sessions, Arase told the officers that “in the emerging dynamic and ubiquity of crime and criminality within the revolution in Information and Communication technology, charting out pathways for effective policing and internal security management would have to necessarily orient from informed crafting and employment of applicable mix of strategies, standard operating procedures and tactics by the Police, other law enforcement and regulatory agencies of the state, mainstreaming a knowledge-driven Police Force staffed by mentally mobile workforce refined for optimum service delivery.”
Arase charged them to remain genuinely committed to their sacred responsibility of securing the Nigerian nation by effectively protecting lives and property, preventing and containing crimes and criminality across the nation.
The statement said the list of the promoted officers had been conveyed to the IGP for implementation and further necessary actions.
