The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of AIG YAHAYA SAHABO ABUBAKAR as Deputy Inspector General of Police.

IKECHUKWU ANI, Head of Press and Public Relations, said in a statement on Friday that DIG YAHAYA SAHABO was, until his appointment, the AIG in charge of Zone 14 Katsina.

The Commission also approved the promotion of 122 other senior police officers: ten Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General, fifteen Deputy Commissioners of Police to substantive Commissioners, and thirty-six Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners. Sixty-one Chief Superintendents of Police were also elevated to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police.

According to the statement, the decisions were taken at the extraordinary management meeting of the commission and presided over by the chairman of the commission, SOLOMON ARASE, retired Inspector General of Police.

ARASE charged them to be 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.

He pledged the commission’s readiness to ensure that promotions of officers and men are regular and predictable.

The list of the promoted officers has been conveyed to the Inspector General of Police for implementation and further necessary action.