A statement by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina said he made the remark during a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission (PSC) in the Presidential Villa.
President Buhari expressed sadness about applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted into the police in the past, stressing that such a practice was totally unacceptable.
The President told the officials that those in charge of recruitment and training in the Police must be above board and eschew every form of extortion and underhand dealing.
