Court stops recruitment of 10,000 constables by Police

By our correspondent

The Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has suspended the planned recruitment of 10,000 constables into the Nigeria Police Force(NPF).

Ekwo on Wednesday urged that all parties should stay within the bounds of the law until the matter is decided, urging parties involved to give him assurance on the verdict.

The Police Service Commission, PSC, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1120/19 had dragged the NPF, the Inspector General of Police, IGP and the Minister of Police Affairs to court as first, second and third respondents respectively.

The NPF had last week announced that members of the general public, particularly candidates who participated in the recruitment exercise were advised to note that the final list of successful candidates will be released only after the receipt of the Recruitment Report and final vetting of the list by the IGP.

A November 4, 2019 date was agreed for the matter to resume.

Ekwo said he gave all parties until November 4 to come back when the court will take a decision on which step to take next.