A human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, has called for an independent investigation into the alleged fraudulent recruitment exercise conducted by the Police Service Commission (PSC) as alleged by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. Kayode Egbetokun recently.

It would be recalled that there was a “war of attrition” between the Police Force Headquarters (FHQ), and the Police Service Commission (PSC) over recently released names of successful candidates for the recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF).

Comrade Sulaiman speaking in defence of IGP Egbetokun  whom he described as one of the  finest police officers, said the IGP detests corruption in every form, stressing that the weighty allegation raised on the subject matter by Egbetokun should not be treated with kid gloves.

Sulaiman, who is Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ),urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the immediate stoppage of the implementation of the final list of the newly recruited Constables into the Nigeria Police Force(NPF), pending the outcome of the high powered independent investigation  to be conducted by a team constituted by President Tinubu on the subject matter.

A statement issued on Tuesday  by the CHRSJ’s Media Office, stated that the CHRSJ Chief was not alleging culpability of the newly appointed Chairman of the Police Service Commission(PSC), retired DIG Hashimu Argungu, but that some officials in the Commission were perpetrating these evil acts of inserting unqualified names into the recruitment exercise list as being alleged by the Police boss.

He further alleged that the officers in the office of the Inspector General of Police were not also exonerated from the fraudulent recruitment exercise in the previous years.

Sulaiman advised  both Dr. Egbetokun and DIG Argungu (Rtd) to fine-tune a strategy by coming up with a synergy on how to have a robust, better and formidable policing system in line with constitutional provisions.