NEW POLICE RECRUITS BEGIN TRAINING DEC. 31ST

The South-East States of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States got 923 constable slots out of the 7,500 constables engaged by the Police Service Commission.

The commission in a statement announcing the commencement of training for the 10,000 recruits on Thursday in Abuja, said the six states in the South-West were allocated 1,322 constable slots.

The breakdown shows that Lagos, Ondo and Osun got 652 constable slots, Oyo and Ekiti, 477 and Ogun, 193.

On the other hand, the three North-West states of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states received 1,137 slots while Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Jigawa states were given 823 slots.

Kwara State and the Federal Capital Territory contributed 218 recruits, but Niger and Kogi states had 444 constables.

The PSC stated that the 10,000 successful applicants into the Nigeria Police Force would resume training on December 31, 2016 in various police colleges and training schools across the federation.

The 500 recruited Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police would be trained for 12 months at the Police Staff College, Jos while the 500 Cadet Inspectors would be at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos for their 12 months training.

The commission stated that the 7,500 constables would be trained in police colleges located in their geopolitical zones, which would last for nine months.