PSC retires four DIGs, appoints replacements 

Persecondnews reports that the PSC had invoked its statutory powers in accordance with Part 1 M, para A&B of the 1999 Constitution, and reinforced with Section 6 of the PSC (Establishment) Act 2001, para a, c, d, e, & f, after the DIGs failed to go on voluntary retirement following Egbetokun’s appointment as the Inspector General of Police.

Ikechukwu Ani, the spokesperson for the commission, disclosed this on Monday in Abuj that the DIGs, who were senior in rank prior to Egbetokun’s appointment as IG, were expected to go on voluntary retirement in consonance with the revered tradition of the Force.

In the same vein, the PSC also approved the elevation of four Assistant Inspectors-General of Police as DIGs pending ratification by the board of the commission to replace the retired DIGs.

He said: “In the wake of the appointment of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun on June 19, 2023 by Mr President, the Commission had expected in consonance with the revered tradition of discipline and regimented culture of the Nigeria Police Force that those DIGS who were seniors in rank prior to his elevation will voluntarily apply for retirement or elect to leave the Force.

“The Commission, having waited for ample time with no such application from any of them, took the decision to compulsorily retire them in order to uphold discipline which is the bedrock of the Force, and to discourage status reversal which is inherently inimical to the exercise of authority by the Inspector General.”