Accidental discharge: Newly recruits to undergo psychiatrist evaluation – DIG
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of training, DIG Emmanuel Inyang has assured Nigerians that only the best candidates will be recruited into the Nigerian Police force.
DIG Inyang on Wednesday at the Police College Ikeja Lagos during an on the spot inspection of candidates to be recruited into the force, revealed that issues bordering on criminality among officers and men of the Force and accidental discharge by policemen will no longer occur as the Force has contacted psychologists and psychiatrists to check the mental state of the candidates.
He said ” you can recall that on the 7th February 2018, it was published in the Nigerian Newspapers that people that are qualified between the ages of 17 and 25 years of age who are interested in becoming members of the Nigerian Police Force should apply online.
” Out of thousands of application, 133,000 who successfully filled the form are to be screened . As I am talking to you now, the screening is going on all over the 36 states of the federation and other DIGs are assisting me.
” A screening committee has been set up made up of officers and men of the Nigerian Police force headed by a commissioner of police. Others in the committee are senior officials of the Nigerian Police Service Commission and senior officers of the federal character commission, also the JAMB officials that will conduct biometrics.
” we want to ensure that this is transparent and there is no victimisation of anybody. We want qualified people because we want the best out of this number. I think when we select 6,000 from 133,000 we will get the best. They will start from screening of documents for their qualifications then they will check them physically to ensure that they don’t take anybody with deformity, quirt eye and bad dentition.
” We are going to examine the eyes, the colour vision and general pathology, thereafter, we will contact the physiatrists doctor who will carry out mental evaluation so that we don’t hear anything about accidental discharge.”
The DIG also noted that the Force will also carry out background check to ensure cultists, armed robbers and other criminals are not recruited into the Nigerian police force. He said that the screening will last for a week.
