By Asiat Meikudi
There’s a claim circulating on WhatsApp that the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) has opened its portal for the recruitment of the 2023/2024 candidates into the police force.
The Claim
“The Nigeria Police Force Recruitment portal for 2023/2024 is now open for eligible candidates to apply so as to be recruited.
“Nigeria Police Force Recruitment Portal has opened the recruitment portal for the 2023/2024 online application exercise for all bonafide citizens who wishes to get recruited into Nigeria Police Force (NPF),”the message reads.
The message stated the age of the eligible applicants to be “strictly for 18 and above.”
“Nigeria Police Force Recruitment vision is to defend and protect the lives and properties, assist and cooperate with other authorities in situations of emergency or disaster and restore peace in any part of the country affected by unrest or instability as assigned,”it added.
Verification
In order to verify the veracity of the statement, The News Digest Press has visited the official Facebook, Twitter and other social media handles of the NPF but found out nothing associated with the claim.
Meanwhile, the Police, according to a statement signed by its public relations officer,Olumuyiwa Adejobi and dated 9th July 2023, stated that it has not commenced recruitment.
This came after a similar claim was circulating on Facebook.
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby urges the public to disregard a recent police recruitment advertisement circulating on social media platforms. The Force wishes to reiterate and inform well-meaning members of the public that it has not commenced the 2022/23 Police Constables recruitment into the Nigerian Police Force contrary to the fake publication,” it wrote on Facebook.
NPF said that the start of recruitment for 2022/23 would be announced on the Nigerian Police Force website and social media accounts. And of the time of filing this report, no such announcement has been made.
Also, The News Digest Press subjected the attached link to the message for verification using EASYDMARC( a web verification tool) and the result stated the link is suspicious.
Not only that. A careful perusal of the official website of the NPF shows that it’s completely different from acclaimed website for the supposed recruitment.
Verdict
The claim that the Nigeria Police Force has opened the recruitment portal for the 2023/2024 exercise is false.