Police Recruitment: Court Strikes Out PSC Case Against IGP

By Akinwale Kasali

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Police Service Commission, PSC,  suit, challenging the Inspector General Police, Muhammad Adamu, power to recruit 10, 000 police officers.

Justice Inyang Ekwo,  delivered the judgement, said the PSC’s suit lacked merit and strikes it out of court.

The PSC had taken the Nigeria Police Force to court over the recruitment of 10,000 constables, which it says was against the duty of the IG, but the functions of the PSC.

In the motion on notice filed on September 24, the commission prayed the court for an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants from ”appointing, recruiting or attempting to appoint or recruit by any means whatsoever any person into any office by the NPF pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.”

While the PSC is the plaintiff, the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Muhammad Adamu, the NPF and the AGF are defendants in this case.