The Police Service Commission has promoted four Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police on the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar.
Nine Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of Commissioners of Police by the commission at its second plenary meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.
The names of the officers were however not released.
A statement by the PSC Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, Ferdinand Ekpe, on Wednesday said that nine Assistant Commissioners of Police were elevated to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police.
Twenty Chief Superintendents of Police, who had been adjudged deserving, were promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police. All the promotions are with effect from September 24, 2013.
The Commission’s Chairman, Chief Mike Okiro, noted that the promotions were based on merit and existing vacancies.
He congratulated the newly promoted officers and enjoined them to live up to the additional responsibility attached to their new ranks.
He pointed out that the commission would regularly elevate hard-working officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, adding that those who abandon their responsibilities for pursuits unbecoming of law enforcement officers would be appropriately sanctioned.
Meanwhile, the Force headquarters has insisted that it is empowered by law to collate and maintain motor vehicle traffic statistics pursuant to its crime prevention and detection responsibilities.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, stated that Section 3(2-6) of the Road Traffic Act, Cap. 548, Law of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1990 mandate the IG as a central registrar of vehicles, to maintain a central registry of all vehicles licenses issued under the Road Traffic Act and keep data of licences and renewals by the licensing authorities
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