ADELANI ADEPEGBAThe Chairman, Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, has written to the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, explaining the reasons for the legal action taken by the PSC against the police at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The processes filed before the Federal High Court 5 on September 27, 2019, by Kanu Agabi (SAN), will be heard on October 23. The police authorities had insisted on conducting the recruitment, saying the commission had no mandate to recruit men for the force. The letter read, “Since the return to civil rule on May 29,1999, four legal opinions listed here have been issued. Smith further pointed out that the commission’s attention was drawn to the release of the final list of candidates by the force headquarters on October 14 despite the pending court case.

Source: Punch October 20, 2019 01:41 UTC