PSC Appoints New Police Commissioners For Oyo, Enugu
The Police Service commission has approved the appointment of new Commissioners of Police for Oyo and Enugu State Commands, with CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa taking over as Enugu State police commissioner and CP Ademola Johnson, Principal Staff officer to the IGP appointed the Oyo police commissioner.
Mr Ikechukwu Ani, spokesman for the PSC, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), was a former Assistant Commissioner Operations Zone 9, Umuahia; Area Commander, Owerri; Area Commander Karu, Nasarawa state; Commander Switch Operation Switch, Port Harcourt; Deputy Commissioner Finance and Admin Edo State Command, DCP, state CID, Osun State and Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja.”
“CP Giwa was former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Commands; ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja; and CSP A, Commissioner of Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters, among other postings in the Police Mobile Force,” the statement said.
Ani also disclosed that the commission approved the promotion of eight Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police.
“They are Abdullahi Kamba Usman, Sani Abdu, Ifeanyi Owo, Vincent Orole, Elisha Atikinkpan, and Margaret Okonkwo. Others are Alhasan Aliyu Guga and Imo Owinizi Ezekiel.
“The newly promoted senior Police Officers were subjected to Written examinations and interactive oral interviews,” he said.
