Investigations have revealed that a number of police recruits who received their trainings in Lagos, Orji River and Kaduna police colleges might have been duped to the tune of N2.92bn.
It was revealed that about 2,900 recruits received their training at the Police College, Ikeja and only 1,900 were trained at the Orji River Police College, Enugu State.
Kaduna’s figure remains the highest with the total number 3000 recruits who went through rigorous training in the state.
Investigations into the activities of the three colleges show that each of the recruits were entitled to N25, 000 as their training allowances but were shortchaged, and paid a ridiculous sum of N3,000.
Investigation has also revealed that the authorities of the Nigerian Police had since 1999 been paying N2,500 to recruits as against N5,000 for constable.
Up till date, the authority of the Nigerian police are yet to explain to the recruits on why they were paid N3,000 against the N25,000 approved payment.
Sources have further revealed that a huge sum of N22, 000 was deducted from each of the trainees for feeding, even though they fed themselves throughout the training period.
A recent documentary aired on Channels TV on the Ikeja Police College revealed the unbelievable feeding arrangement of police trainees.
A recruit who recently graduated from Police College, Kaduna, said, “Throughout our stay in the college, we were paid N3,000 every month and I learnt that, that was the amount given to other recruits in other police colleges. But if indeed it is true that we were supposed to get N25,000 , it means the officials have really short-changed us and the IG should probe the matter.
“At times they would pay us N3,200, N3,300 but the highest they paid was N3,400.”
Efforts made to reach the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba to confirm this investigation proved unsuccessful as his mobile phones were not connecting.
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