As Nigerians approach the threshold for the general elections, the Nigeria Police Force has concluded the training of no fewer than Six Hundred and Twelve officers drawn from across the six Geo-Political zones on effective strategies for combatting cultism, kidnapping and electoral violence in the country.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said, the training which held at six different venues in each of the six geo-political zones was organized by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the 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 training workshop which probed historical antecedents as well as contemporary issues, also proffered solutions to the challenges of cultism, kidnapping, and electoral violence.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, 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 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.
