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  • NPF Says Viral September 18 Training Letter is Fake

    NPF Says Viral September 18 Training Letter is Fake

    Precious Nwonu, Enugu

    The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has completely dismissed a fraudulent social media advertisement instructing prospective Police Constable recruits to report to training camps on September 18, 2026.

    In a formal disclaimer posted to its official X handle on Wednesday, the police high command declared that the viral notification did not originate from its administrative departments and warned all applicants to ignore it entirely.

    “The Nigeria Police Force has observed a publication circulating on social media purportedly emanating from the Force, directing prospective Police Constable recruits to report for training on 18th September 2026,” the police statement revealed. “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state that the said publication is not an official communication of the Force and should be disregarded.”

    The forged circular, heavily backdated to September 1, 2026, was systematically designed to mimic legitimate police stationery. It falsely instructed prospective trainees to bring specific personal belongings, including white canvas shoes and bedding, to various state commands across the country. Online images of the counterfeit document have since been marked with a bold “FAKE” stamp by the Force.

    To prevent candidates from falling victim to scams, the police management provided clear directions on how authentic updates would be delivered.

    “All prospective trainees are advised to rely solely on information communicated through their respective recruitment portals and the official communication channels of the Nigeria Police Force for verified and authentic updates regarding the recruitment and training exercise,” the NPF added.

    Additionally, the law enforcement agency pleaded with citizens to stop sharing unverified, deceptive posts that could cause mass panic, confusion, or exploit hopeful recruits.

    This security alert coincides with an active, large-scale federal initiative to inject 50,000 newly recruited Police Constables into the NPF. Ordered by President Bola Tinubu in late 2025, the recruitment push aims to tackle the nation’s security challenges and fix severe manpower shortages.

  • Alleged Public disturbance : Police fails to produce Sowore & others, frustrates bail

     

     

     

    The scheduled ruling on the bail application filed by the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, and four others at the Magistrates’ Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja was on Friday stalled by the failure of the prosecution to produce them before Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello.

     

    The court had on January 6, 2021, scheduled ruling for Friday after entertaining arguments on the bail application filed by Sowore and others.

    Sowore, Juwon Sanyaolu, Peter Williams, Damilare Adenola and Emmanuel Bulus were arraigned before the court on Monday on a three-count charge filed by the police.

     

    They were arrested on the New Year’s Eve for their alleged involvement in a protest against bad governance in the country.

     

    The police claimed that the defendants were arrested with placards that called for a violent revolution against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd).

    But on Wednesday, after taking arguments on the defendants’ bail application, Magistrate Segun-Bello scheduled the ruling for Friday, at 11am.

    By 11am on Friday, Sowore’s lawyer, Marshal Abubakar, and associates of the defendants were in court, but the prosecuting lawyer was absent, prompting the court to reschedule proceedings for 1pm.

     

    By 1pm, when the prosecuting lawyer was still yet to arrive in court, an official of the court invited the defence lawyer into the office of the magistrate.

    While emerging from the office of the magistrate, Abubakar told journalists that he learnt the police claimed to have handed the case file to a Deputy Inspector General of Police for further prosecution.

     

    The lawyer said the DIG, who was called to produce the defendants, claimed to have handed the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution on the instruction of the Attorney General of the Federation, Malami Abubakar (SAN).

     

    No date was, however, fixed for further proceedings. Sowore’s lawyer, Abubakar, said, “At the moment, Mr Omoyele Sowore and the other four defendants are still being held at the Force CID, Area 10, Garki, Abuja, as we speak. There are serious allegations that there are attempts to undermine the judicial process. The reason is this: the ruling on the bail application was adjourned to today, definite.

     

    “This morning (Friday) while we were in court, we made an attempt to ask that Mr Omoyele Sowore be brought to court for him to listen or to hear the conditions upon which his bail would be considered, probably, in his favour or in whatever manner the judge decides it. But this morning, we were informed and we were shown documents, signals first from the office of the DIG requesting the case file of Mr Omoyele Sowore from the office of the Commissioner of Police, FCT, Abuja.”

     

    Source : www.punchng.com