Ahead of the forthcoming General Elections, the Police High Command has commenced a two-week fully residential refresher training for all its 79 Squadron Commanders of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun.
This was revealed in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, by the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi from 9th to 23rd January 2023.
According to the statement, the training programme held from 9th to 23rd January this year, was in line with the mission of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on training and human capacity development.
It added that the training “is geared at strengthening the operational efficiency of the Squadron Commanders and for more effective tactical deployment of their personnel to ensure a secured and hitch-free environment before, during, and after the 2023 General Elections to generally reduce crimes to their barest minimum in Nigeria.”
“Some of the focus of the course includes the use of contemporary riot control gadgets for suppression of riots and other serious disturbances, crowd control techniques, ambush and counter-ambush, diplomatic protection, combating internal security challenges and insurgency as well as gun safety and weapons handling.”
He further explained that the IGP charged officers and men of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the punching arm of the Force, to effectively make use of the opportunities the training would offer them and improve their crime control mechanisms and general safety strategies, especially towards having free, fair and credible 2023 General Elections.
He added that this came just as the IGP had met with representatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) on Thursday in Abuja to discuss possible areas of partnership to strengthen the oversight and accountability mechanisms of the Nigeria Police Force including the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) and the Provost Department of the Force.
