The Police Service Commission (PSC) has decried persistent attempts by vested interests to hijack its constitutional mandate of recruitment, promotion and discipline within the Nigeria Police Force.
A statement today by the commission spokesman, Ikechuwuku Ani, said the PSC chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.), disclosed this when he received a presidential delegation led by Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit, Hadiza Bala Usman.
Although Argungu did not name the organisations allegedly attempting to usurp the PSC power, the commission has previously been locked in a dispute with the Nigeria Police Force over the recruitment of cadets, a matter that was later resolved.
Presently, the Commission and the Ministry of Police Affairs are at odds over admissions into the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano.