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The Nigeria Police have invited 5,253 candidates who passed the nationwide recruitment examination conducted last Friday by the Joint Admission and Matricultion Board (JAMB), for medical screening.
According to the list published on the Nigeria police website, the candidates were directed to go for the screening at the zonal police command headquarters in their state of origin between May 31 and June 3, as stated below:
Zone 1 Kano (Jigawa, Kano and Katsina)
Zone 2 Lagos (Lagos and Ogun)
Zone 3 Yola (Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba)
Zone 4 Makurdi (Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau)
Zone 5 Benin (Bayelsa, Edo and Delta)
Zone 6 Calabar (Cross River, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi)
Zone 7 Abuja (Kaduna, Niger and FCT)
Zone 8 Lokoja (Kogi, Ekiti and Kwara)
Zone 9 Umuahia (Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo)
Zone 10 Sokoto (Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara)
Zone 11 Osogbo (Osun, Ondo and Oyo)
Zone 12 Bauchi (Bauchi, Borno and Yobe)
A total of 37,000 candidates wrote the examination.
Below is a breakdown of number of camdidates shortlisted from each state:
- Kano State – 308
- Katsina – 238
- Oyo – 225
- Osun – 211
- Akwa Ibom – 194
- Borno – 189
- Jigawa – 189
- Imo 181
- Niger – 169
- Delta – 166
- Kaduna – 161
- Sokoto – 161
- Benue – 157
- Abia – 114
- Anambra – 146
- Adamawa – 140
- Kebbi – 144
- Kogi – 140
- Ogun state – 140
- Rivers – 138
- Lagos – 136
- Bauchi – 133
- Edo – 125
- Ondo – 125
- Cross River – 122
- Enugu 119
- Plateau – 116
- Kwara – 110
- Ebonyi – 91