The Commissioner of Police in Niger State, Abubakar Marafa, has explained why applicants for the ongoing police recruitment who have tattoos were rejected during screening.
He said the decision to screen such applicants was to avoid hiring cultists into the Force.
Speaking at an inspection of the recruitment process in Minna, the state capital by the Federal Character Commission (FCC) yesterday, Marafa said it is public knowledge that tattoos are associated with cult membership and the Police Force will not want to be seen as condoning the societal vice by recruiting people with body tattoos.
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The commissioner of police disclosed that the recruitment exercise has been successful in the state as measures had been put in place to ensure that the applicants hired had even spread across the state.
In a related development, the coordinator of the military recruitment for the sub-zone of Kogi, Kwara and Niger States holding in Minna, Brigadier General Gabriel Ochigbano, told the visiting FCC officials that the applicants had been pruned down to 150 per state from the 350 per state on the average that showed up for the recruitment.
“We are expected to take about 105 from Kogi, Kwara and Niger states”, he said.
In his remarks, the Executive Chairman of the FCC, Shettima Bukar Abba, tasked police and the military to ensure that in addition to federal character, the local government areas in the states are reflected in the list of applicants recruited.
Mr. Abba pointed out that the list of the successful candidates would be sent to his commission to ensure that federal character had been adhered to.
”They will not release the results until we give them the certificate of compliance”, he said.
