In an attempt to improve the nation’s security framework, Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, established a seven-person committee on state police on Wednesday.
The incident happened at the Peacekeeping Conference Center, Force Headquarters, in Abuja, during his first meeting with senior police officers.
Disu called the assignment “both significant and timely,” pointing out that the committee’s efforts would influence the structure that Nigerian state policing may use.
Given the challenges of policing a diverse country, he asked members to conduct their work with professionalism and objectivity.
The committee is anticipated to:
The IGP claims that state policing may strengthen local intelligence, enabling quicker, more focused responses to security concerns, and bring law enforcement closer to communities if it is properly planned and executed.
Olu Ogunsakin, Director-General of the National Institute for Police Studies, is the committee’s chair, and Bode Ojajun acts as its secretary.
Other participants consist of:
One of Disu’s first significant actions since Bola Tinubu appointed him IGP is the inauguration.
Nigeria’s growing security issues have given the state police argument fresh life. In order to establish state police, President Tinubu has already requested that the National Assembly start the process of amending the constitution.
Decentralized police is viewed by many stakeholders as a possible solution to enhance local security coordination, accountability, and responsiveness nationwide.
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