Recruitment: Police release list of successful candidates; Niger, Benue, Akwa Ibom lead

The names of successful candidates were selected from all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

As stated on the website of the Police Service Commission, training for the new recruits will begin on June 8, while resumption will close on June 13 in all the training schools.

The commission warned that the failure of any candidate to report at the training schools June 13 would mean that such applicant has declined the offer.

The list of states and numbers successful candidates according to their Nigeria Geopolitical zones:

North Central Benue State 304 candidates, FCT 57, Kogi 240, Kwara 129, Nasarawa 145, Niger 346 and Plateau 156,

North west Jigawa 197, Kaduna 213, Kano 280, Katsina 238, Kebbi 140, Sokoto 144, Zamfara 99

North East Adamawa 221, Bauchi 278, Borno 214, Gombe 120, Taraba 128, Yobe 100

South South Akwa ibom 302, Bayelsa 50, Cross Rivers 168, Delta 177 Rivers 137

South East Abia state 132, Anambra 164, Ebonyi 105, Imo 218, Enugu 150, Edo 185

South West Ekiti 94, Lagos 147,Ogun 142, Ondo 147, Osun 204, Oyo 226