••• Seeks Enhanced Global Support
The Inspector-General of Police, 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 purpose of the visit is to seek enhanced global support policing activities.
According to the release by the Police Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the World Police Summit is a high-level engagement platform which brings together leaders and professionals from the international law enforcement and policing community to cross-fertilize ideas.
He also stated that the forum was also meant to 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.
Adejobi 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.”
He explained that the Inspector-General of Police will use 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.
He disclosed that with the recent election of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, AIG Garba Umar, as INTERPOL Vice President, Africa, Nigeria Police now occupies a strategic position in the top hierarchy of INTERPOL.
Other Members of the Nigeria Police delegation include; AIG Garba Umar, CP Forensics, FCID, Abuja – CP Shehu Gwarzo, amongst others.
The event which started on Monday, March 14, will end on 17.
