By Augustine Ehikioya
Towards exploiting Global Policing Network to fight crimes in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has led the Nigeria Police delegation to the World Police Summit taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The World Police Summit, taking place between 14th to 17th March, 2022, is a high-level engagement platform which brings together leaders and professionals from the international law enforcement and policing community to cross-fertilize ideas, examine crime trends, and share innovations with a view to combating the challenges posed by organized crime, rapid population growth, urbanization and evolving digital technology, amongst others, to public safety and security.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ag. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA).
It said “The Summit scheduled to cover the entire law enforcement and policing value chain will provide participants the thought-leadership, direction, strategies and technologies required to augment public safety in the face of growing global security threats, including terrorism, money laundering, and cybercrime.
“The Inspector-General of Police has seized the opportunity of the gathering of professionals to establish contacts with his counterparts from other Nations to bolster collaboration and partnership in his drive to improve on intelligence-led and ICT-driven policing even as the Nigeria Police occupies a strategic position in the top hierarchy of the INTERPOL with the recent election of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, AIG Garba Umar, as INTERPOL Vice President, Africa.”
Other Members of the Nigeria Police delegation, according to the statement, included AIG Garba Umar and CP Forensics, FCID, Abuja, CP Shehu Gwarzo.