The Police Service Commission (PSC) has debunked a list of successful candidates for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) circulating on social media.

PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani made this clarification in a statement on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

“The commission disowns the purported list circulating in some unofficial quarters meant to represent the names of successful applicants from the just concluded recruitment exercise,” Ani noted.

He said the commission was also aware of a press statement said to have emanated from Force Public Relations Officer on the list of successful applicants which had been disowned by the commission.

“The commission, however, wishes to direct that the Police Force should investigate the source of the fake news and bring the perpetrators to book,” the PSC spokesman stated.

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Ani noted that the Joint Recruitment Board is the sole authority empowered by the constitution to recruit officers into the Nigeria Police.

“The powers followed a judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Suit No: SC/CV/773/2020 between the Nigeria Police Force & ors v. Police Service Commission and Anor,” he said.

The PSC spokesman said the commission would not abdicate its constitutional mandate to recruit without accommodating relevant stakeholders in the process, adding that any attempt to release a list of successful candidates into the Nigeria Police Force at the moment would be contemptuous to constitutional and judicial pronouncements.

“The list of successful candidates for the 2022 recruitment exercise will soon be released by the commission,” Ani disclosed.

Ani said the PSC had set up the Police Recruitment Board to ensure credibility and inclusiveness in the conduct of the recruitment exercise.

He said the board comprising representatives of relevant stakeholders, including PSC, Nigeria Police Force, Ministry of Police Affairs, Federal Character Commission, Police Colleges, and Police Trust Fund.

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