From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The police force headquarters in Abuja said that it has not commenced the 2022 recruitment of constables into the Nigeria Police Force, contrary to claims by the Police Service Commission (PSC).
It urged the public to disregard a publication by the commission on Page 21 of Daily Sun Newspaper of Thursday, August 11, 2022.
Force public relations officer Olumiyiwa Adejobi, who made this known in a statement issued in Abuja, said the advert has no connection with the Nigeria Police Force and is not in tandem with the Police recruitment process.
Adejobi, while noting that the information in the publication, claiming to be the portal as the website is not the official portal for Police Constables recruitment, said the commencement of the 2022 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website.
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The statement reads:
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform well-meaning members of the public that it has not commenced the 2022 Police Constables recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force contrary to a publication on Page 21 of Daily Sun Newspaper of Thursday August 11, 2022 by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The police similarly state unequivocally that the advert has no connection with the Nigeria Police Force nor is it in tandem with the Police recruitment process, and should be disregarded in all its entirety. The website to which the publication refers intending candidates – http://www.recruitment.psc.gov.ng – is not associated with the Nigeria Police Force.
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby calls on all stakeholders and intending applicants to discountenance the information in both the newspaper and on the portal as the website is not the official portal for Police Constables recruitment.
“The Nigeria Police Force thereby assures well-meaning Nigerians that the commencement of the 2022 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website – https://policerecruitment.gov.ng, the Nigeria Police Force official website – https://www.npf.gov.ng, and advertisements on national dailies and official police social media accounts as and when due.”