Section 12 - Appointment of Commissioners of Police

(1) The Police Service Commission shall appoint such numbers of Commissioners of Police as are required for the efficient performance of the functions of the Police Force.

(2) The Police Service Commission shall, from among the Commissioners of Police appointed under subsection (1), assign a Commissioner of Police to a State or to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

(3) The Commissioners of Police not assigned under subsection (2) may be deployed by the Inspector-General of Police to head departments and such other operational units of the Police Force.

(4) The Police Service Commission or Inspector-General of Police, in assigning or deploying, as the case may be, Commissioners of Police under this section to State commands, departments or unit, shall reflect the principle of federal character as provided in the Constitution and under the relevant Act.

(5) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall hold office until promotion, redeployment, retirement or removal by the Police Service Commission on account of gross misconduct or incapacity to perform the functions of his office as the case maybe.