A total of 31,465 police officers have been promoted by Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali-Baba, including 24,991 individuals from the grade of Sergeants to Inspectors, 194 from Corporals to Sergeants, and 6,280 from Constables to Corporals.

According to the Force Headquarters, this is a component of the IG’s manpower development strategy, which aims to promote deserving police officers based on their skill, training, and length of service.

Alkali-Baba also expressed his gratitude for the awarding of national honors to two assistant inspectors general of police.

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force’s public relations officer, announced the development on Thursday in a statement our correspondent was able to receive.

Adéjọbí said, “The IG has however charged the affected officers to add more pep in promoting the lofty principles and values of modern policing and discharge their duties as expected of them in line with the provisions of the extant laws.

“Similarly, the IG congratulates two AIGs on the conferment of national honours on them. The very senior police officers include AIG Aishatu Abubakar, who was conferred with the award of Officer of the Order of the Niger, and AIG Olofu Adejoh, who was conferred with the individual award of National Productivity Order of Merit Award by the National Productivity Centre, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, on the approval of the immediate past President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

“The IG charges the senior officers to bring their experience gathered over time and the well-deserved national recognition to bear in their national policing duties.”