Controversy trails police recruitment, sack of top officers

• Northern forces take over process

• Top officers’ sack raises dust

Even before the first set of men and women are enlisted, controversy appears to be trailing the ongoing police recruitment exercise in which the Federal Government proposes to hire an additional 10,000 officers and men to beef up the civil force to enhance security of lives and property across Nigeria.

This is coming on the heels of the alleged insistence of some northern power brokers that the recruitment of 7,500 constables, pencilled down for the exercise be based on local governments instead of states.
Sources within the Police Service Commission (PSC) told New Telegraph that many members of the Commission, especially from the southern part of the country, are furious over the move which will give more men to the north than to the south.
It was gathered that the move to use local governments instead of states is spearheaded by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal, and the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. AbdurahmanDambazzau.https://newtelegraphonline.com/controversy-trails-police-recruitment-sack-top-officers/