Here”s why police recruits undergo psychiatric test

Conducting psychiatric test on new recruit was aimed at curbing the incidence of accidental discharge and other vices in the force, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Administrations has said.  Speaking during a working visit to Niger state on the ongoing recruitment exercise by the police nationwide, DIG Shuaibu Lawal Gambo explained that the […]

Conducting psychiatric test on new recruit was aimed at curbing the incidence of accidental discharge and other vices in the force, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Administrations has said.

 Speaking during a working visit to Niger state on the ongoing recruitment exercise by the police nationwide, DIG Shuaibu Lawal Gambo explained that the psychiatric test was aimed at ascertaining the mental alertness of applicants into the police force.

“We do not want to train and hand over guns to people who will turn their firearms against the citizens they were trained to protect,” he noted.

 He warned that any of its officers and men involved in any corrupt tendencies during the ongoing recruitment exercises would be dismissed from service while applicants who gives the bribe will be disqualified.

 He disclosed that about 6,000 applied for recruitment in Niger state to become the highest in the country, adding that only candidates who survived all tests would be admitted into the force.

 He regretted that the last recruitment exercise was almost marred by complaints of selection of non indegenes by various states explaining that efforts have been put in place to avoid such mistakes this time around.

He said that the Inspector General, Idris Kpetu has however written a letter of request to President Muhammadu Buhari to seeking for approval to increase of the number of recruitment as earlier directed by the presidency, adding that such window would afford more qualified candidates to be absorbed .