9,975 applicants turn up for police recruitment in Cross River

As galore arsenic 9,975 young Nigerians person turned up successful Calabar for a recruitment workout into the Nigeria Police Force.

However lone 65 palmy applicants from each of the 18 section authorities areas of the authorities would beryllium selected.

This indicates that lone 1,170 palmy applicants volition beryllium selected from the authorities successful the 2025/2026 exercise.

Speaking connected Monday erstwhile helium addressed the applicants astatine the Police Officers’ Mess connected Moore Road Calabar, venue of the exercise, Commissioner of Police, Rashid B. Afegbua, cautioned them against paying wealth to anyone who whitethorn committedness to power their recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force.

He stressed that the workout which started connected Monday March 9, 2026 is free, transparent, and based solely connected qualification and merit.

A connection signed by ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, the Command’s PRO, connected Tuesday, said, “The Command truthful advises each applicants to stay vigilant and study immoderate idiosyncratic oregon radical demanding wealth oregon making fraudulent promises successful transportation with the recruitment workout via the Police ailment effect portion successful the hr state, 08134096900.”

The commissioner had received members of the 2025/2026 Police Constable Recruitment Screening Team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Victor Bekep, astatine the venue.

He charged the screening squad to transportation retired their assignment...