The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Police, Yahaya Abubakar as Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Abubakar was until his appointment the AIG in charge of Zone 14 Katsina.
The PSC said he will represent the North-East in the Police Management Team, replacing DIG Habu Sani who recently retired as DIG Force Intelligence Bureau and representing the Zone.
The commission also approved the promotion of 122 other senior Police Officers; 10 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of AIGs; 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police to substantive Commissioners and 36 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners. Sixty-one Chief Superintendents of Police were also elevated to the next rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police.
The decisions, according to a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, were taken at the extraordinary Management Meeting of the Commission held on Thursday, June 6, 2024 and presided over by the Chairman of the Commission, Solomon Arase.
The 15 deputy commissioners of police; 10 Commissioners of Police m, and AIG Abubakar appeared before the PSC in session for the compulsory interactive promotion interview which is one of the requirements for their promotion to the next rank.
The Chairman of the commission, Solomon Arase, at the interactive sessions told the Officers that in the emerging dynamic and ubiquity of crime and criminality within the revolution in Information and communication technology, ”charting out pathways for effective policing and internal security management would have to necessarily orient from informed crafting and employment of applicable mix of strategies, standard operating procedures and tactics by the police, other law enforcement and regulatory agencies of the state, mainstreaming a knowledge-driven Police Force staffed by mentally mobile workforce refined for optimum service delivery “.
