Baba also congratulated them on the promotions, tasking them to bring their wealth of experience to bear in their new postings.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Thursday, decorated newly-promoted senior police officers with their new ranks at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
This is a sequel to the most recent promotion approved by the Police Service Commission to officers who have the requisite experience, years of dedicated service and academic records.
A total of 58 senior police officers were decorated, including a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adeolu Egbetokun, who was until his promotion, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7, Abuja.
Other decorated Assistant Inspectors-General of Police include Matthew Akinyosola, Jonathan Towuru, Abiodun Alabi, Akande Sikiru, Abimbola Shokoya, Yekini Ayoku, Olofu Adejoh, Aliyu Garba, Idrisu Dabban, Yusuf Usman, Haladu Ros-Amson, Babaita Ishola, Alexander Wannang, Ari Muhammed, Mamman Sanda, Sadiq Abubakar, Frank Mba, Benjamin Okolo, Oyediran Oyeyemi, Babaji Sunday, Arungwa Udo, Yusuf Chiromawa, and 33 commissioners of police.
Among those in attendance were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Jika, Chairman, House Committee on Police Affairs, Rep Bello Kumo, former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Yerima, the POWA President, Hajara Baba, and a host of dignitaries and well-wishers from across the society.
Also present was the Paramount ruler of Yewa, Ogun State, Dr Kehinde Olugbenle.
Meanwhile, the IGP charged the newly-promoted senior officers to internalise and uphold the tenets of the Presidential Police Reform Agenda while emphasising respect for fundamental human rights and rule of law as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Baba also congratulated them on the promotions, tasking them to bring their wealth of experience to bear in their new postings.
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