Why police recruitment is low in South-West – Lakanu

A subordinate of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Taiwo Lakanu, has attributed the debased turnout of applicants from the South-West for constabulary recruitment to socioeconomic factors successful the zone.

Lakanu who is the typical of the South-West successful the absorption squad of the constabulary work committee and president committee connected each constabulary matters, added that youths besides justice the concern by those they spot connected the road.

Recall that successful bid to fortify nationalist security, President Bola Tinubu approved the recruitment of 50,000 caller officers. The online recruiting portal opened connected December 15, 2025, and was scheduled to adjacent connected January 25, 2026.

However, owed to “significant disparities” successful applications betwixt states, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission decided to widen the deadline by 2 weeks, until February 8, 2026.

According to the Head of Protocol and Public Affairs of the PSC, Mr Torty Kalu, cardinal confederate states similar Lagos, Ogun, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, and Anambra showed noticeably debased participation, portion bluish and North-Central states similar Adamawa, Benue and Kaduna reportedly recorded important numbers of applicants.

Speaking connected Wednesday, aft an appraisal of the ongoing recruitment workout held astatine the authorities constabulary bid headquarters, Eleweran Abeokuta, Lakanu urged youths to clasp careers wrong the Police Force.

He asserted tha...