The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has led the Nigeria Police delegation to the World Police Summit.
The Summit is taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates between March 14 and 17, 2022.
The World Police Summit is a high-level engagement platform which brings together leaders and professionals from the international law enforcement and policing community to cross-fertilise ideas, examine crime trends and share innovations with a view to combating the challenges posed by organised crime, rapid population growth, urbanisation and evolving digital technology amongst others to public safety and security.
The Summit, scheduled to cover the entire law enforcement and policing value chain, will provide participants the thought-leadership, direction, strategies and technologies required to augment public safety in the face of growing global security threats, including terrorism, money laundering and cybercrime.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Inspector-General of Police has seized the opportunity of the gathering of professionals to establish contacts with his counterparts from other nations to bolster collaboration and partnership in his drive to improve on intelligence-led and ICT-driven policing even as the Nigeria Police occupies a strategic position in the top hierarchy of the INTERPOL with the recent election of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, Garba Umar, as INTERPOL Vice President, Africa.
Other members of the Nigeria Police delegation include AIG Umar; and Commissioner of Police Forensics, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Shehu Gwarzo.