The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.
This is apart from the seven Deputy Inspectors-General earlier reported by The Eagle Online in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Police Service Commission has ordered four Deputy Inspectors-General of Police to immediately proceed on compulsory retirement.
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed five Deputy Inspectors-General of Police and three Assistant Inspectors of Police to further strengthen security during the supplementary elections on Saturday.
The new DIGs were appointed from the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police
Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement in Abuja, on Monday that the rules were strictly followed in the recent promotion of top officers in the force.
The Police Service Commission approved the promotion of three AIGs on Wednesday.