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  • Obaseki unveils Edo security architecture

    …as Imoukhuede heads over N2bn Trust Fund

    The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday in Benin City, the state capital, unveiled the Edo State Security Architecture, a new framework that will boost security in the state.

    The governor also launched the Edo State Security Trust Fund, with the state government committing N2 billion as seed fund.

    The components of the state security architecture include:  50 special security cars fitted with modern communication and security gadgets; 30 Toyota Hilux patrol vans; 30 patrol motor bikes and three Tropicalised Armoured Personnel Carriers; three Ambulances; Integrated Command and Control Centre and five special security check points to be manned at all the entry and exit points in the state.

    Others are Special Patrol Units (land and waterways); Integrated Electronic City Surveillance Unit; Establishment of a Special Force unit/anti-kidnapping squad; establishment of K-9 unit; establishment of paramedics unit; establishment of the Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) scheme with 3000 trained and kitted workforce and a community police radio network.

    Speaking at the launch of the initiative, the governor explained that security is central to his administration’s reform agenda, noting, “Thanks to the chairman of the Edo State Security Trust Fund, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede for kickstarting and donating N200 million to the fund. I call on all Edo State citizens to contribute to the Security Trust Fund.”

    Stressing that the new security architecture is a comprehensive programme, he said, “Apart from the police, Military, Department of State Security and other security agencies, we are recruiting 100 young men and women from each ward across Edo State. The first 1,000 of them have been recruited and trained by the Nigeria Police, as they will help in intelligence gathering, and monitoring of government assets across the state. We believe by involving the community, we would be able to obtain enough information as to what is going on in the state. The effectiveness of our new strategy is based on community participation.”

    The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Idris, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Emmanuel Inyang, applauded the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government for embarking on the ambitious project and urged the private sector to support the fund to bolster policing across the state.

    “We are very happy to witness this wonderful gesture. I want to call on all on other private and public enterprises to support this initiative so that what succeeded in Lagos will also succeed in Edo State. Gone are the days that people left policing for the police alone. I also want to thank the Chairman of the Trust Fund for deeming it fit to come and assist the state.

    “With the launch of this security architecture, Edo people and residents will now sleep with their eyes closed. I am also aware that gun boats have been procured in addition to the vehicles and other equipment we are launching today.

    “This means we will be able to cover activities on land and sea which will be augmented with aerial surveillance using the Police helicopter. With all these efforts, Edo will become very safe for everyone. The security architecture will ginger security agencies to collaborate more, and where there is collaboration there will be coordination among us.”

    Chairman of the Edo State Security Trust Fund and Chairman, Coronation Capital, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, commended governor Obaseki for his foresight and his commitment to building a strong and peaceful state with initiatives such as the Edo State Security Trust Fund and Edo State Security Architecture, codenamed “WABAIZIGAN”.

    He assured that he would join efforts with other Edo sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora to replicate the success story of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, in Edo State.

    The former Managing Director of Access Bank, donated N200 million naira to the Security Trust Fund, and explained that he was instrumental to the establishment and success of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund and.

     “I and the companies I represent donate the sum of N200 million to the fund. I call on citizens of Edo State to join hands with the Edo State government and all the security agencies to make the state safe and peaceful for all.”

    “This process is not for the government alone but also for the private sector, companies and individuals to join hands with the state government in pushing the agenda for a peaceful Edo State.”

    Edo State Police Commissioner of Police Johnson Kokumo commended the governor for the support he has extended to the police command, which he said has made the state safer for residents.

  • Police to conduct psychiatric, personality tests for applicants 

    The Nigeria Police Wednesday said shortlisted applicants in the ongoing recruitment exercise must undergo psychiatric and personality tests.

    This, according to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of training, Emmanuel Inyang, was to wade off cultists, criminals and also contain incidences of accidental discharge.

    Inyang spoke at the Police College, Ikeja after inspecting the screening exercise for those shortlisted in the state.

    He said all the DIGs were directed by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, to monitor the exercise with a view to ensuring that only the best candidates are recruited.

    Also, candidates would be put before age dictating machines in order to screen out those who falsified their ages, he said.

    Inyang said: “The applicants will see the psychiatric doctor for mental evaluation and drug screening. We want to make sure we have the best as we do not want cases of accidental discharge.

    “We don’t want to have criminals here. Personality tests will also be done to deter cultists from joining the police.

    “A committee including senior police officers, officials of the Federal Character Commission and the Joint Matriculation Board (JAMB) for biometrics was also set up to monitor the screening.

    “This is to ensure transparency as we do not want anyone to be victimised. We want to get the best. Those that have falsified their ages will be subjected to a machine test which will reveal their real age.

    “Successful candidates will go through another aptitude test by JAMB where they will get their result the same day and be subjected to further medical, physical examination.

    “We assure Nigerians that we will get the best. We just need their corporation to make this screening a success.”

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  • Police train 80 personnel on prosecution, investigation

    Police train 80 personnel on prosecution, investigation

    The Nigeria Police Force, in conjunction with Bastion Chambers, a law firm, has begun a two-day training of its 80 personnel on prosecution and investigation to ensure effective service delivery.

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris who declared the training open on Monday, said the exercise would enhance the performances of police prosecutors and investigators in legal practices.

    Idris was represented by Mr Emmanuel Inyang, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of training at the force headquarters.

    He charged the participants in the programme tagged “Train the Trainers,” to transfer the knowledge they would acquire, to other officers in their units.

    “You are all expected to transfer the knowledge acquired from this workshop to other officers under you,” he said.

    He said that the force had worked assiduously to execute its cardinal objectives under Section 4 of the Police Act in order to change the outlook of the force.

    “We also believe that training and development are required to enable staff to work toward taking the organisation to its expected destination,” he said.

    Idris said that policemen like their counterparts in other agencies, required knowledge, attitudinal change and competence to perform optimally.

    He said that training in the force should be based on the fundamental values of democracy, rule of law and protection of human rights.

    The inspector-general added that the democratic tenets also formed the objectives of the force.

    Mr Mohhamed Nakordi, a representative of Bastion Chambers, said that the training was aimed at addressing the challenges faced by the police in criminal prosecution.

    Nakordi said that the training was meant for 40 police prosecutors and 40 investigators.

    “We are training these officers so that they can as well train others under them in their various commands and units,” he said.

    He said that the police lost most of their cases in courts, because of inadequate training on legal skills, adding that the training would reduce the number of lost cases.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants were drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.

  • Police to recruit 155,000 personnel

    The police authorities have sent a proposal to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval to shore up the Force manpower by recruiting 155,000 personnel in five years as part of measures to meet the United Nations standard of effective policing.

    The Force is also considering the introduction of whistleblowing to curtail criminality by mopping up illegal arms in different parts of the country.

    The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Training and Development, Mr. Emmanuel Inyang, disclosed the measures on Thursday at the headquarters of the Bayelsa State Police command.

    Inyang, who visited the state command as part of ongoing tours of police formations in the South-South, insisted that recruitments were underway to secure the personnel required to fight crimes.

    He said the plan was to recruit 31,000 policemen every year in the next five years, adding that apart from equipment, the number of personnel was necessary to fight criminals.

    He said: ”More recruitments are in the pipeline. We have discovered that the United Nations standard of policing says one policeman to 400 citizens. But from our calculation and statistics, we found out that we now have one policeman to 600, that is where the stress of policing is coming from.

    ”So, we have written to the President to give us the power to recruit 31,000 police officers every year for the next five years. This is how we can achieve that standard but at least, even if we cannot make the 31,000 personnel, at least, 10,000 or 15,000. We hope to get that and with that, very soon we can meet the UN standards.”