The Court of Appeal has nullified the recruitment of 10,000 police constables carried out by the Inspector General of Police ,Mohammed Adamu, in 2019.
The appellate court comprising a 3 man panel led by Justice Olabisi Ige, unanimously held that the police IG, lacked the power to carry out the recruitment
The Court on Wednesday, ruled that the power to recruit was exclusively that of the Police Service Commission.
The Police Service Commission, had approached the Appeal Court after a Federal High Court in December 2019,, validated the power of Adamu to proceed with the police recruitment