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| The Nigeria Police |
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that he would not tolerate any irregularities involving the extortion of unemployed Nigerians, in the forthcoming recruitment exercise into the Nigerian police service.
At a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission in the Presidential Villa, Buhari said the forthcoming recruitment exercise into the police service must be free of illegalities.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted the President as saying “You must ensure that the recruitment process is transparent.
"Those who will conduct the recruitment must be above board. It should not be heard that they receive gratification or extort money from those who want to enlist in the police,” he said.
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro, had said that, for effective policing, the country was in need of more police officers than it had at present.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police Affairs, James Obiegbu, thanked President Buhari for approving the recruitment of additional 10,000 police officers earlier in the week
He stated that some of the challenges facing the police, included inadequate police personnel, dwindling finances and non-rehabilitation of police training schools.
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