No fewer than 1,113 applicants began screening in Lagos State on Monday for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force.
About 6,000 applicants were shortlisted for the exercise nationwide.
The Presiding Officer for the screening, ACP Okon Otoyo, gave the figure at the Police College, Ikeja, venue of the screening.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports some of the applicants reported at the venue as early as 7.30 a.m.
At 10a.m., some senior police officers began to teach them how to fill forms. They officers gave out some other instructions. Read more
