The Joint Union Congress (JUC) of the Police Service Commission (PSC) says the police’s corruption allegation against the commission regarding the recruitment of Constables is diversionary.

JUC chairman Augustine Adoyi said this while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Abuja.

The police had alleged irregularities and corruption in the list of successful candidates released by the PSC for the 2022/23 batch of constables recruited into the force.

Mr Adoyi said the allegations were unfounded, spurious, and speculative and did not follow the official communication channel.

He said, “The allegation of fraud levelled against the commission is a deliberate effort to divert attention of the public from the real issues at hand. The Nigeria Police Force seeks to leverage on this allegation to divert attention from their non-preparedness to open the police training schools, in spite of availability of funds for the exercise. Their unwillingness to deploy funds as appropriated for the training schools must be investigated.”

The union chairman urged the police to come clean and submit itself for accountability and probity. He said the commission had it in good authority that the training schools were not in good condition to receive and accommodate the recruits for training.

Mr Adoyi said the allegations of corruption and irregularities against the commission were baseless; the selection process was conducted using comprehensive criteria, including computer-based tests (CBT).

He said gender inclusivity, sensitivity, and Federal Character were put in place to ensure fair, inclusive, and merit-based recruitment.

The JUC boss called for a forensic review of the commission’s list and the one the police sought to foist on the recruitment board.

“This will help to ascertain the veracity of the allegation and determine where the truth lies,” he said.

(NAN)