No fewer than 493 Police Constables of Edo and Delta States’ origin were on Thursday passed out from the Police Training School in Benin City, Edo state.
The 493 new recruits were among the 10,000 Police Constables of the 2022 intake Course 3 of 2024 of the Nigeria Police recruitment.
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) stated this at the Passing-Out Parade of the personnel at the Police Training School located at Ogida, Benin City.
Egbetokun, represented by Arungwa Nwazue Udochukwu,
the Assistant Inspector-General Zone 5, Benin City, said the Training and Passing-Out Parade of the Constables were held across four Police Colleges and 12 Police formations nationwide.
Udochukwu, in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo and Delta States, noted that the exercise was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s promise of addressing the manpower deficit in the Nigerian Police by recruiting 30,000 police men nationwide to check security challenges facing the nation.
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