Insecurity: Committee of Retired IGPs to hold retreat

From Molly Kilete, Abuja

Retired Inspectors General of Police(IGP) would next week hold a two-day retreat in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The two-day retreat with theme: ‘Intervention Of Ex-Inspectors General of Police For Strategic Contribution To Effective Policing In Nigeria’, will hold at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture  (IITA), Ibadan Oyo State from August  21-23.

The retreat is expected to attract all retired Inspectors-General of Police; the National Security Adviser, AIG Nuhu Ribadu rtd, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission Dr. Solomon Arase and the Acting Inspector General of Police, Dr. Olukayode Egbetokun.

The retreat to be declared open by the Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, will deliberate on several topical papers and will feature presentations such as; Current State of Police Preparedness; Issues, Challenges and Prospects and Strategic actions and steps towards  restoring NPF’s primacy in internal security  architecture of Nigeria; 

There will also be a discussion and experience-sharing session on the imperativeness of employing the experiential knowledge of the retired IGPs in the effective management of internal security in Nigeria.

Former IGP, Alhaji Aliyu Attah, who is also the Chairman of the Committee of Retired Inspectors General of Police, is the convener of the retreat.