Police trains officers, men in zone 5 on Democratic Policing, elections management

The Nigerian Police Force  (NPF) on Friday in Benin, held a 2-days capacity training programme  for officers and men of the Force in zone 5 comprising Edo Delta and Bayelsa ahead of the Feb 16, and March 2 general elections.

The training done in collaboration with Hi-Tech Security Services and Training Limited was on Democratic Policing and Elections Security management.

Declaring open the training, AIG Alkali Usman, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) for the zone, said that the training was to prepare the men and officers for the forth coming general elections.

Represented by the Edo Commissioner of Police, CP Olusegun Odumosu, the AIG stressed that the training would help ensure that the officers and men were abreast with all the policy thrust of policing in the discharge of their duties during the elections.

He noted that there was the need for the Police to be ready for the conduct of the elections as the major responsibilities during the elections lies on the shoulder of the Police and INEC.

According to him there was need for officers to carry out their responsibilities with every sense of care and diligence as everything revolves round the police.

"The world is watching and we should all work to ensure that the police is counted on the part of history positively.

"We are law enforcers and not law makers", he said. 

Earlier, Commissioner of Police Lawrence Alobi (Rtd), Chief Executive Officer of Hi-Tech Security Services and Training Limited in his opening remarks said that the training was to ensure that the officers carry out their functions during the elections effectively in line with  extant rules and regulations guiding the Force.

Alobi said that there was the need for the Police to be well prepared and equipped for the elections, adding that the training was comprehensive and holistic.

He also said that security was central in the conduct of elections, hence the need for officers to be trained.

He further advised that the Police should work harmoniously with the press during the elections as partners. 

No fewer than 100 men and officers from the command were participants at the training, with resources persons drawn from the security service community.