By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent, Lagos/
LAGOS- AHEAD of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Inspector General of Police IGP Alkali Usman Baba has organized a two week training program for Squadron Commanders of the Police Mobile Force PMF otherwise known as MOPOL. Sources said the refresher training for the Commanders was aimed at enhancing their operational capacitates during and beyond the elections.
A statement by the Force public relations officer, SCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made available to CrimeWorld magazine online said the training was taking place at the Police Mobile Force Oragun Ilah in Osun State and would commence from January 9 to 23, 2023.
He said, “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in line with his mandate on training and human capacity development, has commenced a two-week fully residential refresher training for all seventy-nine (79) Squadron Commanders of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun State from 9th to 23rd January 2023. The training programme is geared at strengthening the operational efficiency of the Squadron Commanders and for more effective tactical deployment of their personnel to ensure a secured and hitch-free environment before, during, and after the 2023 General Elections to generally reduce crimes to their barest minimum in Nigeria.
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Some of the focus of the course includes the use of contemporary riot control gadgets for suppression of riots and other serious disturbances, crowd control techniques, ambush and counter-ambush, diplomatic protection, combating internal security challenges and insurgency as well as gun safety and weapons handling. The IGP has charged officers and men of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the punching arm of the Force, to effectively make use of the opportunities the training would offer them and improve on their crime control mechanisms and general safety strategies, especially towards having free, fair and credible 2023 General Elections.”
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