The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Wednesday decorated 40 newly promoted Commissioners of Police at a ceremony in Abuja.
Speaking at the occasion, Adamu told the officers that the nation demanded loyalty, excellence and their professional abilities in these times of several security challenges even across the globe.
He further told the new Commissioners of Police that he was proud of them as they all fitted into his human capacity requirement adding that he was out for a reform agenda on sustainable development efforts of the Force.
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The IGP revealed that 115 officers had been promoted on merit since last year and pledged his willingness to cooperate at all times with the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the promotion of deserving officers.
The IGP who excused himself before the end of the ceremony handed over to a Deputy Inspector General of Police to decorate the new CP’s.
He was assisted in the decoration by former Head of Service, Ms. Amma Pepple; former Lagos State Governor, Brig. General Buba Marwa; former Director General of the NDLEA, Lanre Ipinmisho; Commandant of the War College and some members of the House of Representatives.