570,174 candidates apply for police job

Over 570,174 candidates have so far applied

for enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force,

since the recruitment exercise commenced

about two weeks ago.

It was gathered that the two portals being

used for the recruitment were witnessing

record traffic as thousands of candidates

applied for recruitment into the police as

constables, Cadet Inspectors and Cadet

Assistant Superintendent of Police,

respectively.

The Head, Press and Public Relations, Police

Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani told our

correspondent on Wednesday that the

applications would rise as the days go by.

According to him, a breakdown of the

applications indicate that 161,118 candidates

had applied as Cadet ASPs, 140,458 as

Inspectors and 268,598 as Constables as at

Wednesday.

Ani said, “As of Wednesday morning, we

have 570,174 applications with candidates for

Police Constables having the highest numbers

at 268,598, followed by Cadet ASP

candidates at 161,118 and 140,458

applications for Inspector.”

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force said it

had sanctioned 20 officers of various ranks

across the country for misconduct, following

complaints from members of the public

through its Complaint Response Unit

 between November 2015 and March 2016.

The Officer in Charge of the CRU, CSP

Abayomi Shogunle stated this in a quarterly

report made available to our correspondent in

Abuja.

He said, “In the report we released in the first

100 days and up till now, about 20 officers

with different ranks have been sanctioned

across the country. The errant officers have

faced appropriate disciplinary procedures.”

He disclosed that between January to March

31, 2016, the CRU received and processed

1,054 complaints from across the 36 states

including the FCT., adding that Lagos State

topped the complaint chart with 239

complaints representing 22.68 per cent, FCT

190 complaints, representing 18.03 per cent,

Rivers with 100 complaints, 9.49 per cent.