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The first batch of policemen recruited under the 10,000 mass recruitment ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari has completed their training at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.
The Commandant of the College, Boniface Onyeabor, who made this known, said 123 Cadet Inspectors and 52 recruits completed the training.
It would be recalled that the Presidency on Aug 15, 2015, ordered the recruitment of 10,000 additional police men for effective policing of the country.
Commandant Onyeabor told reporters that “The first batch of police personnel belonging to the specialist units passed out from the college on May 19.
“They will be on two-week vacation before they resume at their different state commands,’’ he noted.
Onyeabor, a Commissioner of Police, said about 1,300 general duty policemen would also complete training at the college between September and December.
“When they finish training”, he said, “the recruits would be given attestation, service register and appointment letters by the Police Service Commission.’’
The commandant said the recruits would be the “new face of the force’’ as they had been trained to fit into modern day policing.
According to him, the new police personnel were trained to respect human rights, shun corruption, indiscipline and all forms of professional misconduct.
It was not clear at press time if trainings are also going on in other police training schools nationwide and when the 10,000 men and women recruited will be fully available for policing work across the country.