The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative who recovered N42bn for
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative who recovered N42bn for the federal government. A statement issued by PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani after the 19th plenary meeting of the commission, indicated that CSP Sulaiman Abdul was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. The commission said Abdul had earlier been commended by a former Inspector-General of Police and recommended for consideration by the Chairman of the EFCC. Ani noted that outstanding performance was the major yardstick used in elevating the EFCC operative who recovered N42bn in the course of discharging his duties at the anti-graft agency.
The PSC also approved the promotion of CSP Olusoji Akinbayo to the next rank of ACP and Inspector Sunday Idowu to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police for outstanding performance while serving at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja.
“Both officers (Akinbayo and Idowu) were said to have rejected a bribe of $21m and another $12,900 from one Samuel Wilberforce. The officers, despite this huge inducement, defied the temptation and arrested the pipeline vandals,” Ani said.
Their action, the PSC added, portrayed the Nigeria Police Force in good light “as they exhibited professionalism, fearlessness and incorruptibility in the conduct of their assignment.”
Also two officers attached to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force), Inspector Ezekaih Abiona and Sergeant Ogunbiyi Agbabu, were also promoted to their next ranks. Abiona and Agbabu were said to have recovered the sum of N5m that fell off a bullion van in November/December 2015. The Chairman of the commission, Dr Mike Okiro, said that the special promotions were meant to spark off a new wave of integrity in the conduct of police officers
