The Police Service Commission (PSC), at the weekend, said it had commenced the sale of 2025 police recruitment forms, calling on Nigerians to discountenance social media invitations to apply.

Its Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement, said the commission was worried that each time it was planning to commence recruitment, fraudsters would be the first to inform the public.

He said: “The Police Service Commission is yet to commence the process for the recruitment of police officers for the year 2025. The Commission wishes to state that the stories currently circulating on social media, indicating that the exercise has started and inviting applications, are misleading and mischievous.

The Commission has not commenced this exercise and obviously will follow established procedures and processes when it is ready. It hereby advises prospective candidates to ignore the publications and wait for official communication.

“The Commission frowns on this consistent attempt to fraudulently confuse the public each time there are preparations for recruitment. It calls on relevant security agencies to go after these fraudsters and protect the integrity of police recruitment.”