By Femi Anamelechi
The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, have insisted on transparency and validity of the Institution’s admission process for the 12th Regular Course Degree programmes.The Academy, urged prospective applicants and the general public to ignore disclaimer of the process by the Police Service Commission, PSC. The PSC Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani in statement, on Thursday, July 31,2025 discredited, and disclaimed the admission process as earlier announced by the Academy. The PSC described the entire process as a violation of due procedure as well as an attempt to undermine the Commission’s constitutionally recognized supervisory role. According to IkeChukwu Ani “The Commission has the sole authority to appoint persons into the Nigeria Police Force as affirmed by both the court of Appeal and Supreme Court.” The PSC Spokesperson further advised parents, guardians, and prospective applicants to shun the exercise as advertised by the authorities of the Police Academy, pending further directives from the Commission.However, the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs Bolaji Kazeem in a statement pointed out that the earlier admission process as announced and commenced by the Police Academy remains valid and subsisting.
According to the Ministry’s position which was made on behalf of the Academy, the ongoing admission process is in tandem with the guidelines approved by both the National Universities Commission, NUC and the Ministry of Police Affairs.The statement affirmed that as a body, the PSC has no constitutional role and mandate in the admission process of the Academy. The Ministry therefore dismissed the position of the PSC as both baseless and totally misleading .“We wish to categorically state that the application for admission into the 12th Regular Course Degree Programmes of the Nigeria Police Academy is valid.“The PSC has no constitutional role in University admissions, and its statement is, therefore, legally baseless and misleading“All interested applicants and the general public are advised to disregard the said disclaimer. The online application portal remains open as earlier advertised”, the Police Ministry stated.This rather unfortunate development has become a reoccurring decimal as it is not the first time the Commission and the Police authorities ,cum Ministry of Police Affairs would be challenging each other over constitutional mandates. Recall that In 2024, the Force Headquarters and the PSC were locked in a bitter and prolonged battle over which body has the constitutional duty of engaging police personnel. The disagreement degenerated legal proceedings and was perceived by Nigerians as not only embarrassing ,but also a sad commentary on institutional weakness and lack of clarity on their respective roles.With many Nigerians calling for the scrapping of the Ministry of Police Affairs which they perceived as unnecessary infractions.
