The Inspector-General of Police(IGP ), Alkali Baba Usman, on Friday, decorated twenty-five newly-promoted Senior Police Officers at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

According to a statement from the Force Public Relations Officers (FPRO), CP Frank MBA, those who have been found worthwhile in all ramifications to make the promo, were decorated with their brand-new ranks in the middle of cheers from their spouses, loved well-wishers and ones.

The Senior Officers included Deputy Inspector-General of Police Zaki Ahmed, the DIG in charge of the Department of Operations and Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, the DIG in charge of the Department of Research and Planning at the Force Headquarters.

Embellished were 6 (6) Assistant Inspectors-General of Police who were elevated from their previous rank of Commissioners of Police. They consist of AIG Buba Sanusi (previous CP Katsina), AIG Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu (previous CP Anti-Fraud, FCID), AIG Bello Sani Dalijan (previous CP INEC), AIG Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar (previous CP Yobe), AIG Akingbola Olatunji, (previous CP Benue), and AIG Hakeem Odumosu, (former CP Lagos).

The seventeen (17) Commissioners of Police who were elevated from their previous rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police included CP Josephine Nneka Anyasinti, CP Haruna Gabriel Garba, CP Tajudeen Akinwale Abass and most significantly, the husband-and-wife duo of CP Patrick Kehinde Longe and CP Yetunde Longe.

“The IGP, while congratulating the newly-promoted officers, charged them to bring their huge experiences and professionalism to bear in advancing the fortunes of the Force in their new ranks while keying to his vision and mission statement of his administration which is “to safeguard with nerve and serve with empathy,” the statement stated.

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