2023: Police To Train Officers On Security Management

As part of its preparations for the 2023 General Elections, the Nigeria Police Force has announced plans to offer a nationwide training to its officers on election security management.

Speaking on the workshop, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba said this is to enhance the capacity of its officers to meet the force’s obligations in the national, inter-agency quest of ensuring a fair, peaceful, secure, and credible electoral process next year.

The IGP noted that the ‘Election Security Management Workshop’ slated for August would feature sessions led by legal and security experts, including top officers of the armed forces, to provide lessons on the legal and the security framework guiding the roles and actions of the police, and how to facilitate and maintain an inter-agency collaboration, including with the media, to ensure a hitch-free election exercise.

The training forms part of the reform and upgrade agenda of IGP Usman Alkali Baba to strengthen and build the capacity of the Nigeria Police Force, particularly as the country heads into an important election year during which incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over power to a newly-elected leader following his completion of the constitutionally-permitted eight-year term.

According to IGP Baba, the training would hold across the six geopolitical zones and Officers selected to participate will, in turn, train their subordinates, causing a domino effect expected to raise policing quality and election management across the country.