The deployment of the 10,000 newly recruited constables and specialists currently undergoing training by the Nigeria Police Force is scheduled for February 2025. The recruits will be deployed in their respective states of origin as part of the government’s community policing initiative.
In June, following a recruitment exercise, the Police Service Commission released a list of 10,000 successful applicants for employment. However, the police rejected the list, alleging corruption and demanding a fresh recruitment process, a demand that the PSC rejected, maintaining that the process was free and fair.
After weeks of stand-off, the police finally accepted the list and announced that the 10,000 recruits would be sent for training in July.
The Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated in an interview that recruit training is currently being conducted in 16 police training institutions across the country. He also mentioned that the training for the General Duty cadre commenced on August 10, 2024, and will last for six months, while the specialist cadre training will commence on September 28, 2024.
He also highlighted that the ongoing training for the newly recruited constables is guided and conducted by implementing a new and robust Training Plan and Curriculum, which includes the Basic Training Course, Intermediate Training Course, and the Practical Police Duty Course.
The courses cover practical beat duty policing, police professional studies, suspects’ handling and detention, criminal law, emotional intelligence, distress and complaints handling, police ethics and code of conduct, public relations and community policing, fundamental human rights, gender education, firearms handling and shooting range practice, unarmed combat, use of English and French languages, ICT, forensics, general liberal and field studies, amongst others.
Recruits will also be exposed to relevant areas of law as it relates to policing, including knowledge of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999; Nigeria Police Act, 2020; Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015; Evidence Act, 2011 (as amended); Cybercrime Prevention Act, 2015; Electoral Act 2022, etc.
