The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, to hands off from the ongoing 2020 recruitment exercise of police constables into the Nigeria Police Force and Cadets into the Nigeria Police Academy in compliance with the Court of Appeal Order.
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The directive was contained in a letter to the IGP signed by the Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith, himself a retired Inspector General of Police, dated October 20th, 2020.
A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, IKechukwu Ani, made this known on Friday.
Recall that the PSC had dragged the IGP and others to the Federal High Court in Abuja last year over the recruitment of 10,000 police constables into the Force.
The court had ruled in the defendants’ favour saying it was the duty of the IGP to carry out the recruitment.
However, not satisfied with the decision, the Commission headed for the Court of Appeal, which on September 30, 2020, overturned the decision of the lower, saying it was the Commission’s responsibility, thereby nullifying the ongoing process of the recruitment into the Force.
The IGP has already appealed the Court of Appeal decision.
