IGP approves immediate promotion of 10,581 Inspectors, rank and file

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate promotion of 10,581 Inspectors, as well as other deserving junior officers in the rank and file cadre.

Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, disclosed that those to be promoted are 9,831 Constables to the rank of Corporal, 81 Corporals to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant and 669 officers set to progress from the rank of Sergeants to Inspectors.

The police spokesman said the promotion of the officers was part of efforts aimed at motivating police personnel in the fight against insecurity in the country.