[Mhiz Rebecca]

Abuja —The 10,000 successful applicants into the
Nigeria Police Force have started training on December
31, 2016 in various police colleges and training schools
across the country.
Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Public Relations Officer, Police
Service Commission, PSC, who made this known,
yesterday, in Abuja, said: “The decision is part of the
fallout of the 18th plenary meeting of the commission
in Abuja.
“The 500 recruited Cadet Assistant Superintendents of
Police will be trained for 12 months at the Police Staff
College, Jos, Plateau State, while the 500 Cadet
Inspectors will be at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos
for their training which will also last for 12 months.
“The 7,500 constables will be holding their trainings in
Police Colleges located in their geo-political zones. The
training will last for nine months. South-West states of
Lagos, Ondo and Osun, with a total of 652 recruited
constables will be trained at the Police College, Ikeja
while 477 others from Oyo and Ekiti States will be
trained at Police Training School, Ibadan, Oyo State.
193 recruited constables from Ogun State will use the
Police Training School, Iperu-Remu, Ogun State.
Cross Section of Policemen during the flag off of
Operation Harmony in Kafanchan , Kaduna State.
Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
“All the 923 recruited constables from the South-East
states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo will
be trained at the Police College Oji River, in Enugu
State.
“735 recruits from four North-East states of Adamawa,
Borno, Yobe and Gombe will use the Police College for
their training while 481 recruits from the other two
North-East states of Bauchi and Taraba will be trained
at the Police College, Bauchi.
“The Police College, Kaduna will host 1,137 recruits
from three North-West states of Kaduna, Kano and
Katsina. 823 recruits from Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and
Jigawa states will go to Police Training School,
Sokoto.
“The Police Training School, Ilorin, will host 218
recruits from Kwara State and FCT Abuja with Police
Training School, Minna, Niger State, hosting 444
recruits from Niger and Kogi states.
“222 intakes from Benue will go to Police Training
School, Makurdi. Intakes from Plateau State will be
trained at the Police School, Jos, while that of
Nasarawa will go to Police Training School, Bauchi and
that of Makurdi.
“303 recruits from the South-South states of Rivers
and Bayelsa will be trained at the Police Training
School, Nonwa-Tai while 417 from Edo and Delta
states will go to Police Training School, Benin, Edo
State.
“473 recruits from Cross River and Akwa Ibom states
will be trained at the Police Training College Calabar.
The training programme for specialists will soon be
released.
PSC raises alarm over plot to dupe unsuccessful
applicants
Meanwhile, the Police Service Commission, PSC, has
discovered that fraudsters have opened accounts to
dupe unsuspecting applicants who were unsuccessful
at the recently concluded Police recruitment.
The fraudsters, according to reports reaching the
commission, are asking these applicants to pay
money into the accounts so that they will make the
supplementary list.
The PSC said: “For avoidance of doubts, the
commission is not presently raising any supplementary
list and has not mandated anybody to do same or
collect money from anybody.”
Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro, said in
Abuja that the Police had been ordered to investigate
the existence of this fraudulent account and to arrest
anybody directly or indirectly involved in the scam.