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Baba had earlier promised and assured Nigerians of his commitment to harness all available means, both kinetic and non-kinetic, to improve policing system in Nigeria with a view to curbing and suppressing crimes and criminality in Nigeria, and this forms the crux and fulcrum of his attendance at the summit.

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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has joined his counterparts across the globe at the third United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit in the United States of America. The event, which is the third of its kind, is a global platform that brings together Heads of Police Organisations from around the globe to discuss ways of strengthening global security and addressing cross-border threats through the unifying power of national and United Nations policing.

“The UNCOPS is an illustration of inclusive multilateralism at work,” Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Friday.

Addressing the summit on Thursday, September 1, under the theme; ‘Fostering Sustainable Peace and Development through United Nations Policing,’ where he admonished the United Nations to make policies that would promote sustainable peace and development amongst its member nations, and continuously render necessary assistance towards improved policing system across the globe. He equally assured of the Nigeria Police commitment to extending its manpower for effective peace operations where necessary.

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Olumuyiwa said, “The IG seized the opportunity to meet with and engage the Under-Secretary-General, Department of Peace Operations, United Nations Headquarters, Mr Jean-Pierre Lacroix, where they deliberated on many policing ideas as they affect the Nigeria Police Force and global security in general. The IG also met with the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mrs. Amina J. Mohammad on 1st September 2022.”

Baba had earlier promised and assured Nigerians of his commitment to harness all available means, both kinetic and non-kinetic, to improve policing system in Nigeria with a view to curbing and suppressing crimes and criminality in Nigeria, and this forms the crux and fulcrum of his attendance at the summit.

“As a round-off on the summit, the IG will be visiting Washington DC today, Friday, September 2, to meet with the Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Agency, a United States agency that has been supportive in the training and capacity building programmes of the NPF,” Adejobi noted.

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