The fight between Police Service Commission (PSC) and the police high command is getting dirtier, as the commission has gone ahead with the recruitment of 10,000 constables for the force.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), issued a statement, signed by the PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, informing members of the public that it had not commenced the 2022 recruitment, faulting an earlier publication by PSC, calling for application.

But the PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, insisted yesterday that the commission would go ahead with the exercise. He said the commission has no intention to abdicate its “constitutional mandate to recruit Nigerians into the Police force.

According to him, “the commission is the only legal body charged with the responsibility of recruitment into all the three entry points in the Nigeria Police Force – Constables, Cadet Inspectors and Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police.”

He added: “The commission wishes to state that its recruitment portal, which opened on Monday, August 15, 2022, is still running with over 60,000 applications already received. The portal will close on September 26, 2022. Interested Nigerians should continue to avail themselves of this opportunity to pursue a career in the Nigeria Police Force.

“The commission has no intention to abdicate its constitutional mandate to recruit Nigerians into the police force.”