Recruitment: PSC union asks Tinubu to sack IG

The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has called for the removal of Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, accusing him of misrepresenting facts about the recently concluded recruitment exercise.

The police and the commission’s union had been at odds over the recent recruitment exercise.

On Saturday, the police alleged that the process was marred by corruption and other irregularities. Meanwhile, the PSC accused the police of attempting to hijack the process.

Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the Chairman of the union, Adoyi Adoyi, noted that the action of the IG was capable of causing chaos which he said was against his profession.

He said, “We begin this press conference with a clarion call on the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu to immediately relieve the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun of his appointment as IGP. Our concern comes from the fact that a public officer who misleads the President is causing confusion in the country and may lead to chaos which is antithetical to his duty as a police officer.

“His attitude has become only a replica of the Biblical Haman who in deceiving his principal wanted to wipe out an entire nation but for the tiny intervention of God. So we call on the president to responsibly relieve him of his duties for the following reasons.”

Adoyi also alleged that some elements within the police attempted to smuggle over 1000 names into the recruitment list.

He said, “We have been furnished with reliable information indicating that elements within the Police Force attempted to smuggle over 1,000 names into the recruitment list. This manipulation was a grave breach of the recruitment process and a calculated attempt to undermine the credibility of the entire exercise.

Adoyi described the allegations levelled by the IG against the commission as false, unfounded and spurious.

He said, “The allegations of fraud and several unwholesome acts levelled against the Police Service Commission and its staff are, to say the least, unfounded, spurious, speculative and most irresponsible, especially by the way the allegations were thrown into the public space even before official channel of communication for dealing with such a matter was explored. “