The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, and other delegates from Nigeria have joined other Heads of Police Agencies and Police Chiefs from 196 member countries to attend the 92nd INTERPOL General Assembly at Glasgow, United Kingdom.
According to available information on the General Assembly, the police chiefs are to meet from November 4 to 7, 2024 and exchange ideas.
The Nigerian delegation, led by the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, and the IGP accompanied by the Vice President INTERPOL Africa, Assistant Inspector General of Police Garba Umar (rtd); CP INTERPOL, CP Olaolu Adegbite; Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, CP Johnson Adenola; and others will also hold bilateral meetings with members of Europol and delegates of other countries represented to discuss security issues as it pertains to global partnerships, governance and data processing in addition to general policing capabilities and organised global crimes
Egbetokun hopes to leverage on the positive outcome of the meeting to further strengthen the capacity of the Nigeria Police Force and West African Police Chiefs Committee in his capacity as chairman in its quest to curb organised crimes across the country and West African subregion.
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He reiterated the commitment of the force through its INTERPOL unit to continuously collaborate with other police institutions to ensure collaborative investigation of international crimes and thereby reduce the potential for such crimes within our borders.