Mohammed Adamu, Acting Inspector-General of Police

The acting Inspector-General of Police ( I-G ), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has charged the newly promoted officers to rededicate themselves to serving the country and to continue to uphold the fundamental rights of Nigerians.

The Police Service Commission ( PSC) had on March 31, approved the promotion of 8,916 senior police officers to their next substantive ranks.

A statement by the Deputy Force spokesman, Aremu Adeniran, a Chief Superintendent of Police on Thursday in Abuja, said that the I-G gave the charge while decorating the force spokesman , DCP Frank Mba, with his new rank.

Adeniran said that other officers decorated with their new ranks were ACP Igbafe Afegbai, second in command, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and SP Atiku Ibrahim, Personal Assistant (P.A) to the I-G