The newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) were, today (Monday), in a colourful ceremony at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, formally decorated with their new ranks.
The seven DIGs were, thereafter, inducted into the Force Management Team (FMT) during the maiden meeting of the FMT held at the office of Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu.
A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officers, FPRO, Mr. Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, listed the newly decorated DIGs as including:
- DIG Usman Tilli Abubakar, mni – Department of Finance and Administration
- DIG Abdulmajid Ali – Department of Operations
- DIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, fdc – Department of Logistics and Supply
- DIG Anthony Ogbizi Michael, fdc – Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (Force CIID)
- DIG Yakubu Jubrin, fsi – Department of Training and Development
- DIG Aminchi S. Baraya – Department of Research and Planning
- DIG Godwin C. Nwobodo, fdc – Department of Information and Communication Technology
In his opening remarks at the decoration ceremony, the Acting IGP Mohammed A Adamu, charged the new DIGs to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Police Service Commission, the Nigeria Police Force, as well as the Government and People of Nigeria.
“No organisation rises above the quality, competence and dedication of its management team as well as the depth of the goals set for the organisation,” Adamu said.
Among the eminent Nigerians present at the occasion were: the Police Service Commission Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu A. K Smith, other members of the Police Service Commission, Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazau, members of the National Assembly, IGP Ogbonnaya Onovo (rtd), Senator Abubakar A. Bagudu-Governor of Kebbi State, and family members of the newly promoted officers.
