To ensure effective policing of the 2023 General Elections, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed a meeting of all Heads of Operations in states and Zonal Commands at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, for a one-day training on practical approaches to curbing electoral violence.

Spokesperson for the Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the training slated for today, February 20, 2023 at 9:00a.m., will be particularly for officers responsible for strategic operational deployments and active field duties across the states of the Federation.

Adejobi said: “The seminar to be declared open by the IGP on Monday, will have in attendance Deputy Commissioners of Police in charge of Operations at all Zonal and State Commands of the Nigeria Police Force, participants from the operations department of the military, and other security agencies involved in election security management, members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Media, Youth representatives and the diplomatic community, with the theme: “The Role of the Nigeria Police Force in Curbing Election Violence as it Affects the Upcoming 2023 General Elections.

“Professor Sunday Ochoche of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) will serve as a keynote speaker alongside AIG Wilson Inalegwu (Rtd) and CP Lawrence Alobi (Rtd.) at the Seminar organised by the NPF in conjunction with Central Soft Support Services.
“The Inspector-General of Police has assured that the Nigeria Police Force will collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure preparedness to deliver on its mandate of providing full security coverage before, during, and after the 2023 General Elections.”