Two former Commissioners of Police under Abia State Command; Usman Tilli Abubakar, Michael Anthony Ogbizi have been nominated by the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to be promoted to the post of Deputy Inspector-General of Police respectively, pending their ratification by the Police Service Commission.
This is coming after the immediate past DIG Operations; Joshak Habila who was a commissioner of police in the state was promoted to such position by the immediate past Police Inspector General, Idris Kpotun.
Adamu, it was gathered has sent the names of new Deputy Inspectors-General of Police to the Police Service Commission for consideration and approval.
According to a source at the Force headquarters, four of the nominees are Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) while two are Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The nominees according to the source are: AIG Usman Tilli Abubakar from Kebbi State; AIG Abdulmaji Ali from Niger State; AIG Taiwo Frederick Lakanu from Lagos State and Godwin Nwobodo from Enugu State.
Others are: CP Ogbizi Michael from Abia State and CP Ibrahim Lamorde, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from Adamawa State.
Spokesman of the Police Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani admitted that the commission had received a letter from the Ag. IG but he said he could not confirm the names.
He also expressed hope the names of the new DIGs would be made public on Tuesday after the plenary concludes its adjourned sitting.
He said: “The plenary is continuing tomorrow. I know that the Commission received an official communication from the Ag.
“IG and that official communication is part of what the plenary is considering.
“At the end of the plenary tomorrow, the Commission would have taken a decision on that official communication from the IG.”
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When asked to confirm the DIGs, he said: “I have not seen the letter from IG and I cannot confirm any name until it is approved. When the approval is done tomorrow, the names would be made public.”
