Apply for a Nigeria Police Force character certificate
The character certificate confirms an individual's criminal-record status for employment, travel, professional licensing and safeguarding. Apply online, follow each stage of the review, and receive a certificate any authorised party can verify.
✓ Identity checked against NIN
✓ Access-controlled review
✓ Verifiable certificate reference
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL
Police Character Certificate
Illustrative document — not valid for official use
This is to certify the criminal-record status of the named holder.
NPF-CC-2026-004821
Employment
Amina O. Okafor
•••• •••• 4821
12 February 2026
11 February 2027
Simple process
Three stages from application to certificate
Every request is identity-checked, reviewed by an officer, and recorded against a verifiable reference.
Submit your application
Provide your National Identification Number, personal details and the purpose of your request. Most applications take under ten minutes.
Identity and records review
Officers confirm your identity against the national register and examine the relevant criminal records within the appropriate command.
Receive your certificate
The proposed service issues a secure PDF with a unique reference and QR code, ready to share with a requesting body.
Use cases
When a character certificate is required
One certificate may support different screening requirements.
Application
Start your application
Try the form with fictional information. Submission generates a local sample reference only; nothing is sent to police or government databases.
Certificate verification
Verify a certificate
Employers, embassies and licensing bodies can confirm a certificate's authenticity through an authorised verification system. This page only demonstrates the interface.
No live verification is available in this static demo.
What a verifier sees
Verification should never expose personal records — only what is needed to confirm validity.
✓ Certificate reference and issue date
✓ Holder name and stated purpose
✓ Validity state: valid, expired or revoked
✓ Issuing authority and command
Privacy by design
Your data is protected by law and by design
A production service must comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Act and implement purpose limitation, appropriate retention and lawful access controls.
Documents should be encrypted in transit and at rest, with access restricted to authorised officers.
Identity checks and decisions should be recorded in tamper-evident logs.
Data subjects may have applicable access, correction and erasure rights under law.
Support
Common questions
Information below reflects the uploaded design and is not independently verified official guidance.
Begin your character certificate today
Explore the application and verification experience using fictional demonstration information.
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