The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in Abuja, held closed door meeting with former Inspectors-General Police, who include Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, to deliberate means of improving the activities of the Nigeria Police Force. National Daily gathered that the meeting was held behind closed doors in Abuja at the headquarters of the Police Service Commission.
Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, at the meeting was cited to have said: “We think the problems that we’re having in the country — political, social and even economic — are passing phases for the Nigerian Police Force.
“And although the international community may ask their nationals to withdraw, we in this country have a way of solving our problems.
“So, we have deliberated and there is very assuring hope for the society in respect of the performance and direction of the police force.”
IGP Baba noted that the meeting deliberated extensively on how to continuously address contemporary issues affecting law enforcement in Nigeria. Noting that crime prevention and control were a dynamic issue that requires a dynamic approach, the IGP stated: “So, there is hope at the end of the tunnel. We’ll continue to discuss, synergise and cooperate with everybody that will also support us.”