June 01, (THEWILL) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the promotion of Thirty One Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Five (31,465) policemen to their next ranks.
The approved promotion includes 24,991 from Sergeants to Inspectors, 194 from Corporal to Sergeant, and 6,280 from Constable to Corporal.
A statement issued on Thursday, by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the IGP charged the affected officers to add more pep in promoting the lofty principles and values of modern policing and discharge their duties as expected of them in line with the provisions of the extant laws.
Similarly, the IGP has congratulated two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police on the conferment of National Honours on them.
THEWILL reports that the Federal Government, on Sunday, listed AIG Aishatu Abubakar and AIG Olofu Tony Adejoh as recipients of the award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), and National Productivity Order of Merit Award (NPOM), respectively.
The IGP charged the Senior Officers to bring their experience gathered over time and the well-deserved national recognition to bear in their national policing duties.
