The police service commission in a major upgrade of the ranks of some officers in the Nigerian Police has promoted at least 7 AIGs to the rank of DIGs.

The newly promoted DIGs are:

1. Zachariah Fera Achinyan, fdc (formerly AIG Zone 4, Makurdi)

2. Zango Ibrahim Baba (formerly AIG 

Department of Logistics and Supply)

3. Isyaku Mohammed (formerly AIG Armament, Force Headquarters, Abuja)

4. Margaret Agebe Ochalla (formerly AIG FCID Annex, Lagos)

5. Mohammed Abdul Sulaiman, mni (formerly AIG Police Accounts and Budget, Force Headquarters, Abuja)

6. Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc (formerly AIG Zone 15, Maiduguri)

7. Umar Shehu Nadada, mni (formerly AIG Zone 14, Katsina)