Musiliu Smith resigns as Police service commission chairman

By our reporter| The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith has resigned from his position.

Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesperson, who confirmed his resignation on Wednesday, said the Smith resigned on “health grounds”.

The PSC chairman’s resignation comes amid the controversy trailing the commission’s recruitment of constables.

The commission and the Office of the Inspector-General of Police had been at loggerheads over which body has the right to conduct the recruitment into the Force.

The PSC had advertised recruitment for constables and urged interested applicants to visit its website to apply.

But the police in a statement urged members of the public to discard the notice, insisting that the recruitment process is the sole responsibility of the Force.