The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police.
It however declined the promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Magu.
The Commissionโs Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed these in a statement on Thursday titled: โPSC promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, drops Ibrahim Magu.โ
According to him, the decisions were highpoints of the Commissionโs 12th Plenary Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday presided over by the Commissionโs chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police.
He said, โThe Commission declined the promotion of CP Magu pending clearance from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of Policeโ.
Magu, who served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to 2020, was rejected twice by the Senate for confirmation.
