The Nigerian Police Force have warned youths interested in joining the force against persons parading themselves as recruitment agents.
The Police made this known in a statement by the force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu on Friday. He said the police have yet to commence any recruitment exercise as regards the 10,000 vacancies.
Ojukwu said “Following the approval for recruitment of 10,000 Police officers by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Police wishes to inform the general public that recruitment into the Force is yet to commence.
“The modalities for the recruitment are being worked out with the Police Service Commission and would be announced in due course.
“The general public is hereby warned to beware of online fraudsters who may take advantage of the recruitment information to defraud them of their hard earned money.”
He added that prospective applicants should visit the Police website on www.npf.gov.ng regularly and the Force will adequately advertise on all forms of media (Televisions, Newspapers, etc) when the recruitment commences.