Ministry of Police Affairs and the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, have dismissed a disclaimer issued by the Police Service Commission as misleading and inaccurate.
PSC, through its Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, had on Thursday disowned an advert published by the Police Academy, calling for applications for admission into the 12th Regular Course Degree Programmes of Nigeria Police Force.
PSC had declared the advert, which set the application window from July 28 to September 8, 2025, a violation of procedure and an attempt to undermine the commission’s constitutional mandate.
PSC had said it had the sole authority to appoint persons into the Nigeria Police Force, as affirmed by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
However, in a statement on Friday, the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Police Affairs, Bolaji Kazeem, on behalf of the Police Academy, clarified that the application for admission into the 12th Regular Course Degree Programmes remains valid and ongoing.
According to the ministry, the admission process is being conducted in line with the guidelines of the National Universities Commission and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs.
It stressed that the PSC had no constitutional role in university admissions.
“The attention of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs has been drawn to a misleading and inaccurate disclaimer issued by the Police Service Commission on 31st July 2025,” the statement said.
It further stated that the PSC disclaimer is “therefore legally baseless and misleading”.
The Police Affairs Ministry therefore urged interested applicants and the general public to disregard the PSC disclaimer, adding that the online application portal remains open as earlier announced.
