Earlyface

Nigeria Police Force said successful candidates in the ongoing recruitment into the Service would undergo compulsory polygraph test (lie detector test).
This was contained in a statement issued by the Force spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Don Awunah, in Abuja Tuesday.
Awunah said the test would be in addition to the general background check, biometrics, medical, and physical examination, aptitude oral and psychological tests.
He said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, who gave the directive, expressed satisfaction with the recruitment so far.
Idris said that no candidate would be admitted for training at the Police Academy and colleges without undergoing the prescribed tests.
Awuanh said the test was aimed at ensuring that candidates recruited into the police were not of questionable character.
He said the Police Academy and other training colleges across the country would be equipped to conduct the necessary tests.
The spokesman said the police was determined to ensure that the exercise conformed with acceptable standards.
It would be recalled that the commission had shortlisted 110, 469 out of the 338,250 candidates for the aptitude tests from the 991,438 applications received.