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

Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Relations at the Police Service Commission in Abuja, disclosed this in a statement, saying the promotions followed the officers' successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the commission.

The approvals were granted at the commission's plenary meeting in Abuja, presided over by its chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu.

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

Adegbite holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and an MA in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR, a member of the FBI National Academy Associates, and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

In another development, the 10 officers elevated to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police included Omosanyin Olusegun (CP Administration, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos); Ogbodo Ugobueze (CP Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu); Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe (CP, Ondo State); Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju (AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative); Regina Cosmas Udoette (CP GI, FCID Annex, Enugu); and Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo (CP, Abia State Command), among others.

Similarly, officers promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police included DCP Nache Bashir Liman (DC ZCID); Sirajo Lawal Salihu (DC FMIU); Ayeleye Adegboyega E. (DC AHTU, FCID); Isiaka O. Salau (DC SID, Ibadan); Usman Shaik Adamu (DC CID, Jos); Aminu Maiwada Garba (DC DFA, NGS); Abdulkarim Musa Waziri (DC DFA, Yobe); Muhammad Yusuf Adamu (DC Administration, FCID); Sani Adamu Nufawa (DC Inter School, Kwara State); Bello M. Adamu (DCA, Zone 2); Okezie Chikezie C. (DC Anti-Fraud, FCID, Abuja); and Aminu Usman Gusau (DC DFA, Katsina), among others.

Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu urged them to see their promotions as motivation to perform their duties more diligently, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.

He noted that much was expected of them.

PSC approves promotion of two DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs, others

Senator Sharafadeen Alli, the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general elections in Oyo State, has on Thursday advised Governor Seyi Makinde of the State to pay outstanding salaries and other entitlements of workers at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Ogbomoso without wasting time.

Alli gave this advice while reacting to the indefinite strike action declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, LAUTECH chapter.

DAILY POST gathered that members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, at LAUTECH on Thursday directed all its members to suspend all academic activities within the institution effective from midnight of today.

The union made this declaration via a statement issued in the early hours of Thursday.

LAUTECH ASUU Chairman, Professor Olujimi Dada and Secretary, Dr Soji Arinola, in the statement, explained that the decision was reached after an emergency congress held on Wednesday.

The duo in the statement noted that all members of the union are expected to comply with the directive. https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/29/lautech-academic-staff-begin-indefinite-strike-over-unpaid-arrears-others/

But, Alli in his reaction, described the presidential campaign embarked upon by the governor at the time when workers at LAUTECH are on strike as a misplaced priority.

Alli made this declaration via a statement signed by the director of his campaign organisation, Bisi Oladele.

The statement was made available to DAILY POST Thursday evening.

Alli in the statement condemned the governor for ignoring the demands of doctors and lecturers in the institution.

The APC candidate, while speaking further, accused Makinde of insensitivity to the plight of the masses and thousands of students attending the institution.

Alli in the statement said, "It is the height of misplaced priorities for a governor who endlessly trumpets his commitment to workers’ welfare."

‘Makinde must pay LAUTECH workers’ outstanding salaries – Alli