PSC Elevates Anambra CP Orutugu, 12 Others to AIG, Approves 272 Police Promotions

Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu (extreme left)writing promotion exam along officers recently

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, alongside 12 other Commissioners of Police, to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG).

Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu at second row (up) with other commissioners promoted to AIG

The Commission also approved the promotion of 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to the substantive rank of Commissioner of Police (CP).
In addition, the PSC approved the promotion of 93 senior police officers to their next ranks following their successful performance in the recently concluded written examination and oral interview conducted at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
The approvals were granted on July 1, 2026, at the PSC Corporate Headquarters in Abuja as one of the major resolutions reached during the Commission’s plenary meeting held the previous Wednesday.

The 13 Commissioners of Police elevated to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police are:
Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, CP, Anambra State Command;
Itam Nnaghe Obono, CP, Counter Terrorism Unit;
Bassey Samuel Ewah, CP, Plateau State Command;
Osagie John Agans-Irabor, CP, FCID Lagos;
Monday Agbonika, CP, Edo State Command;
Iyamah Daniel Adebor, CP, Bayelsa State Command;
Isa Danladi Nda, CP, Abia State Command;
Akaninyene Ezima, Director, NPF-NCCC;
Afegbua B. Rashid, CP, Cross River State Command;
Edozie Hycenth Azuka, CP, AML/CFT, FCID;
Haruna Alaba Yahaya, CP, Jigawa State Command;
Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent, CP, Benue State Command; and
Betty Enekpen Otimenyin, CP, Welfare.
The 17 newly promoted Commissioners of Police and their former postings are:
Nelson Nwamanna, DC CID Zone 11;
Bolanle A. Murtala, DC Operations, Ogun State;
Danbaba Mohammed Labbo, DC Litigation;
Ajayi Oluyemi, DC CID Zone 7;
Oki Rita Oyintare, DC Gender;
Ibrahim Umar Zungura, DC FCID Abuja;
Iya Umar Mohammed, DC X-Squad, FCID Lagos;
Darma Nuhu Na’aliyu, DC CID Sokoto;
Nuruddeen A. Sabo, DC Operations, Kaduna State;
Tijjani Murtala, DC Operations, Jigawa State;
Yakubu Mohammed, DC DFA, Benue State;
Ibrahim Lukunche Usman, DC Operations, Zone 15;
Akingbade C. Adeyinka, DC CID, Ondo State;
Mohammed Hassan Ahmed, DC Operations, Bauchi State;
Samuel Erale Ahmed, DC Community Safety;
Adedeji Taiwo, DC ZCID Zone 1, Kano; and
Zainab A. Pembi, FID.
Similarly, 28 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police. They include Ofili Felix, AC Procurement; Mohammed Baba-Mala, AC CSP DOPS, Force Headquarters; Deborah O. Benary, AC CID, Ogun State; Mohammed Sani Musa, AC CID Maritime; Lot Garba Lantoh, Commanding Officer, 22 PMF, Lagos; Ijeoma Princewill Onyema, AC Administration, Zone 6, Calabar; Oyedepo Olubisi, AC CID, Enugu State; Amanyi Christopher, AC JTF Operations, Delta Safe, Bayelsa; and Regina Mbanefo, AC Zone 13, Anambra, among others.
A total of 33 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) were also promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). They include Mustapha Lawal, Second-in-Command, Area Command, Gumel; Gafar Ajayi Adeyanju; and CSP Nnamdi Lotanna Anabike, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Central Police Station, Onitsha, among others.
The Commission further approved the confirmation of the appointments of 162 Assistant Superintendents of Police II (ASP II) to the substantive rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police I (ASP I).
The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd.), mni, while congratulating the promoted officers, urged them to remain truthful, transparent, and accountable in the discharge of their new responsibilities.
He further advised the officers to maintain the highest level of professionalism in the course of their duties, avoid involvement in civil disputes, particularly land-related matters, and remain mindful that there is life after retirement.
“Guard your reputation and integrity. Let your actions speak for you and not against you,” he said.