Police colleges graduate Constables to beef up security
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
A total 9,989 Constables in the 2020 batch of recruits have graduated from four Police Colleges and 12 Training Colleges to help beef up security nationwide.
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said they passed out on 6 July 2022 but 11 out of the 10,000 who began the training could not meet the standards and could not pass out.
He explained that recruits went through six months intensive and rigorous training in basic, intermediate and advanced police studies, and engaged in physically exerting and intellectually challenging training activities.
The training transitioned them from “civilianship to professional police officers” with the right orientation to meet the challenges of policing an increasingly democratic Nigerian environment driven by the rule of law, he said in a statement.
Adejobi added: “The IGP said the recruitment and training represents another huge step in the drive by the Federal Government to change the narratives of policing by addressing the age-long manpower gap that has been inhibiting optimal police service delivery in this country.
“The manpower drive equally aims to meet and possibly surpass the United Nations (UN) recommendation of one (1) policeman to four hundred (400) people.
“The IGP appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari [who is] Chairman Nigeria Police Council for the approval of recruiting 10,000 police Constables into the Force yearly, and his determination to restore the lost police primacy by bequeathing to our beloved country a reformed and well-positioned Police Force with renewed capacity and commitment to attain its internal security mandate.”
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Promise of better police
“The IGP similarly lauded the … Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, as well as the Chairman and Commissioners of the Police Service Commission for the strong support and synergy which has aided in ensuring that the recruitment exercise is undertaken in the most transparent and efficient manner,” Adejobi said, per The Nation.
“According to the IGP, eleven (11) of the 10,000 police recruits who commenced the training could not meet up with components of the standards set for exercise in the course of the training hence they could not pass out as police Constables.
“He noted that shortly after this passing out parade, another set of ten thousand (10,000) recruits will be resuming training under the 2021 batch of the exercise.
“In his final remark, the IGP sounded a note of warning to the newly passed out police Constables, who will be posted to their respective Local Government Areas for police duties, that the bedrock of policing is discipline, emphasising that their success as police officers is entirely dependent on the quality of their character, discipline, and professionalism.
“He, therefore, admonished them to resolve not to engage in any act that will be unedifying to their good name, that of their families, and indeed the Force as they commence their policing career today.
“The IGP assured citizens that a new police is being evolved to protect Nigerians with courage and serve them with compassion.”