In Delivers Maiden Distinguished Alumni Lecture at Al-Hikmah University.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu
Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., accompanied by senior police officers, including the
Deputy Inspectors-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence
Department and the Department of Logistics and Supply, DIGs Benjamin Nebeolisa
Okolo, fdc, and Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, fdc, and the Commissioner of Police in
charge of Kwara State, CP Ojo Adekimi, commissioned the newly completed Nigeria
Police Intelligence School, Share, Kwara State, today April 17th 2025, signifying
the birth of a bold new chapter in the evolution of the Nigeria Police Force.
During the commissioning, the Executive Governor of Kwara
State, His Excellency Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, CON, represented by the
Honourable Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community
Development, Honourable Abubakar Abdullahi Bata, commended the IGP for this
significant establishment in the State, which evidences the IGP’s passion to
leverage intelligence gathering, analysis, and dissemination capabilities in
the Nigeria Police to decimate crimes and criminality.
The Intelligence School will serve as a hub to train
officers in modern intelligence techniques, equipping them with the
prerequisite skills and knowledge necessary to effectively combat all forms of
crime, terrorism, and other security threats. The School, which will be open to
members of other security and intelligence agencies, will offer training
programs in areas such as intelligence analysis, cybercrime investigation,
forensic science, and counter-terrorism strategies as part of its curriculum.
The IGP, while appreciating the host community for the school, promised that it
would operate at maximum functionality with immediate effect.
IGP Egbetokun also reiterated the need for a proactive,
intelligence-led, and community-oriented approach to policing, further
highlighting the importance of continuous training, capacity building, and
adoption of modern technologies to effectively address the evolving security
challenges facing the nation, stressing the significance of collaboration
between the police, academic institutions, and communities in fostering a safe
and secure environment for all citizens. The IGP opined thus at the Maiden CPSS
Distinguished Alumni Public Lecture of the Al-Hikmah University Centre for
Peace and Security Studies (CPSS), Kwara State, today 17th April, 2025, where
he served as its first ever Guest Lecturer in the series, and delivered a
lecture paper titled “Effective Policing of Nigeria for Sustainable Peace and
Development: Role of Stakeholders”.
As part of his robust lecture, the IGP emphasized that
security transcends the use of kinetic and non-kinetic approaches, and involves
environmental, economic, human, and food security, amongst others.
The Inspector-General of Police hereby assures that the
Nigeria Police Force will continually pursue strategies aimed at enhancing its
intelligence capabilities and proactive community engagements to bridge the
schism between the Police and members of the public. The IGP urges members of
the public, as strategic stakeholders in security, to employ the use of CCTVs
and other permissible technological devices to assist the police in its task of
crime prevention and achieve a more secure society.
ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra, fCAI
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.
17TH APRIL 2025.
