No fewer than 10,000 new police constables have graduated from Police training colleges across the country on Thursday.
About 443 of the new recruits graduated from the police school in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Speaking at the passing out parade in Ilorin, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, said the recruitment exercise represents another giant stride by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration towards repositioning the Nigeria Police Force.
Baba, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 8, Ashafa Adekunle, said the event which is taking place simultaneously in four premier colleges and police training schools across the country, wraps up six months of highly challenging rigorous, physical, and intellectual training activities.
In his remarks, “the state commissioner of police, Paul Odama, enjoined the new officers to maintain a high level of discipline and shun corruption while carrying out their duties.’’
