The Inspector -General of Police , Mohammed Adamu, has approved the promotion of 82 , 779 junior police officers to their next ranks.
The force said the promotion of the officers comprising 56 , 779 Sergeants to Inspector , 17 ,569 Corporal to Sergeants and 8 ,431 Constables to Corporal was part of the efforts at boosting the morale of personnel and repositioning the police for greater efficiency.
Those promoted on Monday also include 86 junior officers negatively impacted by the # EndSARS riots , 16 of whom got special posthumous promotion while 70 others injured during the violence arising from the protests were equally promoted.
The IGP while congratulating the officers, charged them to see their promotion as a mark of additional responsibility and a call to rededicate themselves to their professional calling.
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