The Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Nigeria Police Academy are now at loggerheads over the academy’s recent advertisement for its 12th Regular Course Degree Programs in Wudil, Kano State.
On Friday, the academy publicly countered a disclaimer issued by the PSC, calling it “misleading and inaccurate.”
The PSC’s disclaimer, sent out on Thursday by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations, had stated that the commission disowned the advertisement.
The Commission characterised the advertisement, which opened applications from July 28 to September 8, 2025, as a breach of procedure and an endeavour to subvert its constitutional authority.
“The Commission has the sole authority to appoint persons into the Nigeria Police Force, as affirmed by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court,” Ani said.
Persecondnews reports that in a statement on Friday by Bolaji Kazeem, Director of Information and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs, on behalf of the Police Academy, he clarified that applications for admission into its 12th Regular Course Degree Programmes “remain valid and ongoing” contrary to the Commission’s position.
According to him, the admission process is being conducted in line with the guidelines of the National Universities Commission(NUC) and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs.
Kazeem said PSC has no constitutional role in university admissions, describing its statement as ” baseless and misleading”.
He said: “The attention of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs has been drawn to a misleading and inaccurate disclaimer issued by the Police Service Commission on July 31, 2025.
“We wish to categorically state that: The application for admission into the 12th Regular Course Degree Programmes of the Nigeria Police Academy is valid.
“The PSC has no constitutional role in university admissions, and its statement is therefore legally baseless and misleading.”
He urged interested applicants and the general public to disregard the PSC disclaimer, adding that the online application portal remains open as earlier announced.
“All interested applicants and the general public are advised to disregard the said disclaimer. The online application portal remains open as earlier advertised, ” he stated.
This is not the first time the PSC and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have had issues regarding recruitment.
Persecondnews recalls that in June 2024, the NPF rejected the list of successful candidates announced by the PSC, citing irregularities.
According to the NPF, a review conducted on the PSC’s portal revealed that several individuals listed as successful candidates had neither applied nor participated in the recruitment process.
However, they were able to reach a consensus on the final merit list for the recruitment of new police constables before the start of the constables’ training, which commenced in August 2024.
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