IGP, British High Commission organise training on counter terrorism

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has charged officers in Zone 9 of the Nigeria Police Force at a joint training workshop organised by the Nigeria Police and British High Commission to use the opportunity to update their knowledge and skills.

Idris also said the training was aimed at countering terrorism and other global incidence. The IGP stated this in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, while declaring open a five-day Police Incident Commanders’ workshop organised by the Nigeria Police in conjunction with the British High Commission held at the Police Officers Mess, Umuahia.

Idris noted that the importance of the training could not be overemphasised, considering the present security threat facing the world.

The IGP, who was represented by the assistant inspector general of Police Zone 9, Hosea Hassan Karma, noted that the five-day training programme was aimed at updating participants on the global security incidence, which according to him, would enable officers and sister agencies work in synergy to achieve the desired objective.

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He further pointed out that the training workshop would always go a long way in equipping officers to know what was expected of them at all times.

“Human existence lives side by side with incident, it could be natural, sea or road. Whenever it occurs there are people to man the incident, everyone has a role to play, training is the bedrock of any organisation, when properly trained, you know what to do at all time,” the IGP said.

In his remarks, the chairman of Police Relations Committee, Zone 9, Collins Obi, observed that the training programme was a welcomed development for the nation.

According to Obi, the IGP deserved commendation for attracting the British High Commission as well as choosing Abia State to kick-start the programme.

He noted that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the AIG, Hosea Karma, should be appreciated for making Abia conducive enough for participants to undergo the all important programme, and urged the Federal Government to make the training programme a regular one.