- Nasarawa, IG’s home state, tops list with 528; Katsina, 435; Kano, 403; Bayelsa 71
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Lopsided recruitment of 9,036 constables, as part of the federal government’s strategy to promote community policing, is the source of the raging crisis between leadership of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC), THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
President Muhammadu Buhari had recently ordered the recruitment of 10,000 constables for community policing with emphasis on local government councils.
The recruitment, THISDAY learnt, was supposed to be conducted based on the equality of local governments in view of the fact that it was for community policing.
It was gathered, however, that 247 candidates out of the 528 recruited from Nasarawa State, where the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adamu Mohammed, comes from, did not apply for the job but were allegedly included on the list.
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Source: Thisday Newspaper
