It was a moment of the hanging of new rank badges and decorations with different accoutrements as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, on Friday, January 14, 2022, decorated 25 newly promoted Senior Police Officers at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The officers who have been found worthy in all ramifications to earn the promotion were decorated with their new ranks amidst cheers from their spouses, loved ones, and well-wishers.
Those promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police included Zaki Ahmed, the DIG in charge of the Department of Operations, and Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, the DIG in charge of the Department of Research and Planning at the Force Headquarters.
Also decorated were six Assistant Inspectors-General of Police who were elevated from their previous rank of Commissioners of Police. They included AIG Buba Sanusi (former CP Katsina), AIG Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu (former CP Anti-Fraud, FCID), AIG Bello Sani Dalijan (former CP INEC), AIG Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar (former CP Yobe), AIG Akingbola Olatunji, (former CP Benue), and AIG Hakeem Odumosu, (former CP Lagos).
Also decorated were 17 new Commissioners of Police who were elevated from their previous rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police. They included CP Josephine Nneka Anyasinti, CP Haruna Gabriel Garba, CP Tajudeen Akinwale Abass, and most significantly, the husband-and-wife duo of CP Patrick Kehinde Longe and CP Yetunde Longe.
The highpoint of the ceremony was the presentation of an award to AIG Hakeem Odumosu as the best Commissioner of Police for the year 2021 by the President, Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Hajiya Hajjara Usman Alkali Baba for his commitment towards women empowerment, social development, effective crime-fighting, and quality service delivery.
The Inspector-General of Police while congratulating the newly promoted officers charged them to bring their vast experiences and professionalism to bear in advancing the fortunes of the Force in their new ranks while keying to his vision and mission statement of his administration which is “to protect with courage and serve with compassion”.
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