PSC disowns Police recruitment list

The power tussle between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC) seems not to be ending soon as the commission has dissociated itself from a purported list of candidates scheduled for training and allegedly released by the Nigeria Police Force in respect of the recruitment exercise into the constable cadre of the Force.
The commission, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, said the list released by the police is an act of illegality.
It noted that from a close observation, the list was in serious breach of the federal character requirements.
The commission consequently urged the public to be wary of the list as it would soon resume the remaining stages of the recruitment process after which it would release the authentic list of successful candidates, local government by local government.
Ani also noted that the commission is presently in court against the police over the hijacking of its constitutional powers to recruit and had filed an interlocutory injunction restraining the NPF from going ahead with the exercise.
He explained that the processes filed since September 27, 2019, by Kanu Agabi (SAN) were brought to the knowledge of the inspector-general of police (IGP) the same day.
In the letter notifying the IGP of the pendency of the suit, No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1124/2019; Kanu Agabi, said: “We write to inform you of the pendency of the above mentioned suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja. By this notice you are to stay further action on the subject matter of this suit pending the hearing and determination of the case.”
The PSC further stated that it was unfortunate that despite the pendency of the court processes, the NPF went ahead to release a purported list of candidates it had invited for training.
ABUJAPEOPLE recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari had some weeks ago intervened into this rift between the PSC and the NPF, declaring that the responsibility of personnel recruitment lay with the PSC.
The Commission wishes to state that the list is unknown to it as it believes it is a product of illegality.
The hearing for the Commission’s suit has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 23rd at the Federal High Court 5, Abuja.