The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed its readiness to decimate any threat concerning the forthcoming general elections. This was contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The preparedness and readiness of the Nigeria Police Force should allay fears concerning the forthcoming elections.
According to Adejobi, : ”The Nigeria Police Force has concluded the training of Six Hundred and Twelve officers from across the 6 Geo-Political zones on effective strategies for combatting cultism, kidnapping and electoral violence in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections.”
” The training which held at 6 different venue in each of the 6 geo-political zones was organized by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with Wan Diyos Limited, a consulting firm, and had renowned members of the academia as well as a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Hashimu Ibrahim Argungu (Rtd.) as resource persons”
The Force Public Relations Officer stated that the training of the officers provided an opportunity to situate the historical perspectives with the contemporary issues towards finding lasting solutions. In his words, ”The training workshop which held between Saturday 7th January and Wednesday 18th January, 2023, probed historical antecedents as well as contemporary issues and solutions to the challenges of cultism, kidnapping, and electoral violence.”
”The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, emphasized that the training is germane in light of the upcoming general elections to prepare officers to train their men on vibrant tactics to identify and decimate threats to election security management.”
The IGP also assured that the training and retraining of police personnel for election security management and professionalism, in all areas of modern policing, will be a continuous project even after the 2023 general elections.
The statement further informed that the trained officers were charged to ensure that the acquired methodologies in combating contemporary crimes are replicated among officers and men of the various stations.
”The Inspector-General of Police charged the trainees to deploy the expertise gained from the workshop towards improved management of cultism, kidnapping and election related violence even as he directed them to ensure the knowledge cascades to other officers and men serving in their respective stations/units for a wholistic approach to election security management during the 2023 general elections for free, fair, credible and acceptable elections.”
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