•Over 160 other senior officers promoted

By Kingsley Omonobi,   Abuja

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 1,670  senior police officers.

The Commission also approved the appointment of 147 others. A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Public Relations said, “The Commission’s  approval was conveyed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Friday, June 3rd, 2016″.

“A Commissioner of Police was elevated to the rank of AIG, 10 Assistant Commissioner’s to Deputy Commissioners, 5 CSPs to ACP and 6 SP to CSPS.

“Others are 4 DSP to SP, and 1,540 Inspectors to ASPs. “The acting appointments are 3 DCP, 5 ACP, 4 CSPs, 3 SPs, 5 DSPs and 127 ASP’’.