The Police Service Commission says it discovered 925 persons that did not apply for the 2019 recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, on the list of the 10,000 successful candidates.
The Commission made the disclosure in a statement by its Spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Ani on Tuesday.
“In the cause of screening of the list of the 10,000 successful candidates, the Commission discovered that 925 persons that never applied for recruitment and did not go through the stages and processes of recruitment. These included screening, aptitude test and medical examinations,” the statement reads.
According to the commission, “We had to bend backwards to accommodate the list of these candidates even after the Court of Appeal gave judgment in favour of the Commission nullifying the hijack of the recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Police Force.”
The Appeal Court judgment, which is still subsisting had declared the exercise null and void and returned the Constitutional Powers of the Commission to recruit all persons into the Nigeria Police Force.
It further stated that “The Commission has since screened the list of the supposedly successful candidates sent to it by the Office of the Inspector General of Police. The Commission has also released appointment letters to the candidates and approved their capturing into the Integrated Pay- Roll and personnel Information System, (IPPIS) for the payment of their salaries and allowances,” adding that it is “not withholding the payment of any Police Constable properly recruited in 2019.”
The statement clarified that the commission had to re-screen the 925 fake candidates because they had been exposed to weapon and weaponry.
“The Commission however in the overall interest of the nation and considering that resources had been expended in the training of these candidates and that these candidates had been exposed to weapon and weaponry decided to re-screen them.
“These candidates already re-screened, except those found to be criminally minded (with mutilated certificates) are expected to be absorbed into the Force.
“The Commission is expected to approve their recruitment at its next Plenary Meeting holding next week after which they will receive letters of appointment and subsequently captured by IPPIS,” the statement reads.
