IGP meets Police Managers, tells CPs what to do beyond their professional reporting lines
IGP IGP meets Police Managers, tells CPs what to do beyond their professional reporting lines
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has called on Commissioners of Police (CPs) and other Strategic Police Managers to deepen their intelligence frameworks beyond professional reporting lines.
The I-G made the call on Thursday in Abuja at a conference with the strategic police managers, consisting of officers from the rank of CP and above.
“The fight against violent crime is one first in the field of intelligence. We must build systems that see crime before it erodes.
“I hereby direct all commands, CPs to deepen your intelligence frameworks beyond professional reporting lines.
“A dependable, native intelligence network is not built only on desk officers.
“It is built inside markets, transport unions, student leadership circles, farming clusters, religious institutions, and trusted community observers.
“Look at intelligence networks when communities trust the police.
“Therefore, their participation must be lawful, ethical, professional, and protected,” he said.
The I-G urged the senior officers to train their intelligence assets on confidentiality obligations and without exposure to political or social manipulation.
According to him, as senior commanders, you must deploy intelligence response cells that analyse lookup patterns, interpret successfully attack indicators, map crime migration corridors, and push intelligence systems to place that purpose.
“Information without action is not intelligence.
“Actionable information deployed ahead of crime is intelligence and so, this network must also integrate open source intelligence awareness.
“It must also, integrate forensic enabled investigative tracking, rural informant engagement, cyber intelligence monitoring of criminal black traits, and tactical intelligence retrieval after every attack.
“Each major incident should generate an intelligence packet that depicts not just who attacked, but who may be next,” he said.
He said community policing was not ancillary to national security, but a foundational to it, especially at this time where communities were no longer just witnesses to crime, but victims of coordinated assaults.
Egbetokun urged the CPs to police frameworks that structurally bind the police to grassroots influence networks, traditional rulers, town unions, local hunters, civil defence advocates, vigilante groups and youth organisations.
“Engaging community policing means building local shared ownership of security.
“Not delegating authority to non-police advocates. You must ensure that police are not just witnesses.
“Establish joint community safety forums. Conduct community threat profiling.
“Naturalise local crime watch desks and build village-level rapid information channels that signal the police before criminals’ classified positions.
“This is how threat is identified. Not by occupying only highways, but by occupying the confidence, cooperation and communication channels inside the people’s spaces,” he said.
According to him, when this system works, communities recover first from fear, then from crime and feed information freely, respond to police direction willingly, grant operational legitimacy faster, and discourage criminals socially. (NAN)
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BREAKING ; Atiku’s Son dumps PDP defects to APC, vows to work for President Tinubu’s reelection
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The Son of Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, dumped the PDP and pledged to work for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Abubakar, popularly known as Abba, formally announced his defection to the APC at the National Assembly, where he was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, with APC leaders from the North-East.
Party leaders described the move as a significant boost to the APC’s consolidation efforts ahead of the next general election, given Abba’s political network and grassroots organisation.
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Eight persons killed, others injured in another fatal road accident
Eight persons killed, others injured in another fatal road accident
Eight persons died while three others were injured in a road traffic crash along the Potiskum–Dogon Kuka carriageway in Yobe.
The Yobe Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Andrew Longkam, confirmed the incident on Thursday.
He said the crash occurred around Gaggaba on the Potiskum–Dogon Kuka axis at about 12:40 hours.
“Preliminary reports from Dogon Kuka Unit Command show the incident was promptly reported to the corps,” Longkam said.
FRSC operatives arrived within five minutes, enabling swift rescue, evacuation of victims, traffic control, road clearance and prevention of secondary crashes.
The crash involved a white Howo trailer, registration DAL 963YY, and a white Mitsubishi Canter, registration NNR 437XA.
“Twelve adult males were involved, with eight fatalities and four rescued, including three injured and one unhurt,” he said.
The injured and deceased were taken to Government General Hospital, Dogon Kuka, where the injured received prompt medical attention.
Longkam said the FRSC tow truck cleared the obstruction, restored traffic flow and notified the Police Motor Traffic Division in Dogon Kuka.
“Preliminary findings indicate the Mitsubishi Canter, suspected to excessive speeding, committed a route violation and crashed into the trailer,” he said.
He said excessive speed and route violation were suspected causes, adding that investigations were ongoing to determine the exact circumstances.
The sector commander urged motorists to avoid speeding, route violations and unsafe practices, assuring continued enforcement, emergency response and public education across the state. (NAN)
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Atiku finally breaks silence after his Son defects to APC
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In a statement posted on his X handle, Atiku said, “The decision of my son, Abba Abubakar, to join the APC is entirely personal. In a democracy, such choices are neither unusual nor alarming, even when family and politics intersect.”
He added, “As a democrat, I do not coerce my own children in matters of conscience, and I certainly will not coerce Nigerians.”
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