The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Tunde Mobayo, has hinted that police constables currently being recruited by the Nigeria Police across the country would be deployed in their respective local government areas.
The recruitment process has started for 10,000 new police officers to join the force with recruitment portals open for interested applicants.
Mr Mobayo said the decision to post the new officers to their local government areas was informed by the belief that the personnel would have more knowledge about their terrain than people from other states.
According to him, the task of fighting crimes successfully is based on intelligence gathering, saying that it is only personnel who understand the cultural and social behaviour of communities that could succeed in modern-day policing.
The Police Commissioner, who spoke on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti through the police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said the recruitment was in response to an urgent need for more officers in the force.
His statement came as the Command conducted the physical and credentials screening for constable/junior cadre recruitment into the force in Ado-Ekiti.
“The Inspector-General of Police deemed it fit to recruit more hands into the Nigeria Police Force due to, firstly the lack of manpower in the force, and also insecurity challenges in our country,” he said.
“So, with the new 10,000 personnel to be employed, we will be able to cover more grounds in the system.”
“The essence of it is that they work in their respective states and even their local government area so as to have adequate personnel at the grassroots to fight crime.”
The commissioner, in his statement also advised applicants at the screening not to pay anyone to influence their employment.
