The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it has screened out 227,781 out of the 338,350 applicants who took part in the recently concluded screening at the states and FCT Police Commands.

This was disclosed by the chairman of the commission, Mike Okiro at a news conference in Abuja.

Okiro said the 110,469 successful applicants will begin aptitude tests on August 22 across the 36 states and FCT.

The Presidency had approved the employment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force.

Okiro said of the 110, 469 applicants, 22, 454 were shortlisted for Cadet ASPs, 24,456 for Cadet Inspectors and 63,559 for Police Constables.

According to Okiro, tests for police constables would take place on August 24, followed by document and physical screening of specialists on August 29 after which they would have taken the aptitude tests.

He said some of the applicants were screened out due to over age, alteration and falsification of documents and year of graduation, as well as physical features, tattoo marks, first school leaving certificate, certificate of state origin and class of degree or diploma.

He said emails had been sent to successful applicants and reassured Nigerians that the exercise will be transparent.

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