The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that the process and procedures being adopted by the management of the Police Academy, Wudil, in its admission process could create room for corruption.
The Head of Press and Public Relations at the PSC, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Ani said the admission procedure recently introduced by the academy was chaotic, confusing, and unpredictable.
According to him, charging an application fee of N6,000 for an exercise designed to be completely free is absurd.
He noted that the academy’s plan to invite all applicants to appear at its premises, instead of decentralising the process across the 36 states and the FCT, was not in the best interest of the applicants.
Ani described the plan as an invitation to avoidable anarchy, which would subject applicants and their families to unnecessary stress, economic waste, travel risks, and accommodation challenges.
He said the current leadership of the Commission, in collaboration with key stakeholders—the Ministry of Police Affairs, the Federal Character Commission, and the Nigeria Police Force—was committed to aligning recruitment policies with global best practices.
He added that an advertisement was recently placed, announcing that online applications for admission into the 12th Regular Course of the academy’s degree programmes would open from July 28 to September 8, 2025.
Ani, however, said the advertorial, placed in flagrant violation of the required procedure, was a clear attempt to undermine the Commission, which has the constitutional mandate to carry out recruitment—including through the academy.
He stressed that the Commission has the sole authority to appoint persons into the Nigeria Police Force, as clearly affirmed by the Court of Appeal’s judgment of September 30, 2020.
That decision, he said, was upheld by the Supreme Court in a case between the Police Service Commission and the Inspector-General of Police & 3 others.
“As a law-abiding institution of government, the PSC will continue to resist and condemn any action by any person, body, or authority that contravenes the provisions of the Constitution,” Ani said.
“The publication clearly undermines the rule of law and infringes upon the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to all citizens, as interpreted by the apex court of the land.
“No individual or institution—including the Police Service Commission or the Nigeria Police Force—is above the rule of law,” he added.
Ani urged the public to disregard the publication, declaring it null and void.
