BREAKING: Promotion Controversy Rocks Nigerian Police Force As Officers Lament Juniors Get Elevated Over Seniors

Personnel of the Nigerian Police Force from Courses 27, 28, and 29 person been promoted up of their seniors successful Course 26, prompting choler and vexation among the affected officers.

A constabulary wireless connection dated April 23, 2025, from the Force Secretary successful Abuja and circulated to authorities constabulary commissioners and different applicable offices, confirmed the latest promotions, notably of the 2022 Specialist cadre.

However, officers from the 2021 General Duty batch (Course 26) said they were unjustly sidelined.

“Instead of promoting General Duty 2021, they skipped america and promoted Specialist 2022, who are acold inferior to us,” 1 of the aggrieved officers told SaharaReporters.

Sources wrong the unit expressed dismay that Course 26 officers, who should logically beryllium adjacent successful enactment for promotion to Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), were overlooked.

“They’re promoting 2022 specialists up of america — SP General Duty 2021 — which is unacceptable,” different serviceman said.

The wireless connection with notation fig CB:4001/FS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.12/88, reads, “Order and directives x grateful arsenic a substance of urgency nonstop each SPS specializer promoted connected oregon earlier 12/05/2022 X DSPS Specialist promoted connected oregon earlier 12/05/2022 serving yours X to guardant excavation duly completed aper forms X for the periods of 2022 X 2023 X 2024 X officers are to intelligibly bespeak their AP numbers connected apical of the APER forms X which should beryllium received excavation connected oregon earlier Monday 28/04/2025 unfailingly X Treat arsenic precise urgent please.”