The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police.
The commission however, declined promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Commissioner of Police (CP), Ibrahim Magu.
Thi was disclosed in a statement by the Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Thursday.
The statement titled: ‘PSC promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs, drops Ibrahim Magu’.
According to him, “the decisions were highpoints of the Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday presided over by Commission’s chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police.
“The 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 Police”.
Recall that Ibrahim Magu served as acting chairman of the EFCC from 2015 to 2020, was rejected twice by the Senate for confirmation.
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