THE NIGERIAN POLICE HAVE AFFIRMED THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ROLES IN PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KAYODE EGBETOKUN WHO WAS REPRESENTED BY ACP ANIAGBOSO CHINEDUM AT THE ECOWAS POLICE FOCAL POINT OFFICERS MEETING HELD IN ABUJA TODAY WHERE HE EMPHASISED ON REGIONAL SOLIDARITY.
IN HIS SPEECH, WHILE DELIVERING REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE ECOWAS COMMISSIONER FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, PEACE AND SECURITY, AMBASSADOR ABDEL MOUSSA, THE ACTING HEAD OF PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS, SANI ADAMU, NOTED THAT THE GATHERING WAS PART OF A BROADER INITIATIVE TO PREPARE ECOWAS’S MULTIDIMENSIONAL STANDBY FORCE, COMPRISING POLICE, MILITARY, AND CIVILIAN COMPONENTS, TO RESPOND SWIFTLY TO CRISES
THIS ACCORDING TO HIM IS PART OF ONGOING EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO ESCALATING THREATS IN THE REGION.
