The Police Service Commission (PSC) has drawn the attention of the public to a trending story in the social media on the resumption of training for an imaginary batch B of the 2022 Constable Recruitment, describing it as fictitious and misleading.
The PSC also said that it is disturbed on the continuous use of the name of its spokesman, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, on these diversionary publications which it belied was planted to cause mischief and mislead innocent young Nigerians who are desirous of a career in the Nigeria Police Force.
“The fictitious publication is captioned: ‘Police Recruitment: Batch B Candidates starts training February 16; PSC/NPF Endorses https://apply.policerecruitment.gov.ng portal-calls on Batch B candidates to stick to it for information.’
“The fraudsters also attached a telephone number – 09027314596 – through which they are expected to fraudulently dupe unsuspecting Nigerian youths.
“The Police Service Commission wishes to distance itself and its spokesman from this obviously misleading and libelous story.
“The Commission states as follows:
i. That at no time did it discuss, approve or issue any press release on the above phantom publication.
ii. That the new recruits are still in training and will be passing out later this month, and no decision has been taken on when the next recruitment will commence.
iii. That the Commission in line with its standard Operating procedures will issue an official statement on subsequent decision on recruitment for this year.”
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has directed the Nigeria Police Force to quickly arrest these fraudsters who are bent on undermining the Commission and dupe unsuspecting Nigerian youths.
The Chairman advised that the misleading story should be discountenanced, as the Commission is yet to take any decision on recruitment for this year.
He noted that the Commission would continue to be transparent and ensure that its recruitment is merit-based and in line with established rules and regulations.
DIG Argungu said interested Nigerians should be patient and await Commission’s official statement on this year’s Recruitment.
