The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has led a delegation of the Nigeria Police to the World Police Summit taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
TheFact Nigeria reports that 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, 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.
This year’s summit, slated to hold from Monday, 14th to Thursday, 17thMarch, 2022, is scheduled to cover the entire law enforcement and policing value chain, as well as 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.
The Police Chief has seized 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 even as the Nigeria Police occupies a strategic position in the top hierarchy of the INTERPOL with the recent election of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, INTERPOL National Central Bureau, NCB, Abuja, in the person of AIG Garba Umar, as INTERPOL Vice President, Africa.
Other members of the Nigeria Police delegation include; AIG Garba Umar, CP Forensics, FCID, Abuja – CP Shehu Gwarzo, amongst others.
