Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, revealed that President Tinubu’s state police vision will bridge trust gap. He stated this while hosting the Strategic Police Advisory Group of the United Nations in New York.
The envoy, while canvassing for global support for the proposed State Police, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remained committed to strengthening Nigeria’s policing architecture through decentralisation and institutional reforms.
He reiterated that the new approach aims to address internal security challenges and make effective use of manpower.
Ibrahim praised Nigeria’s peacekeeping contributions under the United Nations framework which has earned Nigeria Police Force from time immemorial and now Under IGP Olatunji Disu International recognition.
Also speaking, the Police Adviser at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN and Co-chair, UN Strategic Police Advisory Group, ACP Dolapo Badmos, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to global peace and security.
Badmos said Nigeria remained proud of its longstanding contributions to United Nations peacekeeping and international policing operations.
“The Federal Republic of Nigeria welcomes my colleagues from other nations and the United Nations element,” she said
She described the meeting as a demonstration of Nigeria’s commitment to international cooperation and strategic policing partnerships. According to her, effective policing must remain professional, accountable and community-centred in addressing modern security realities.
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The United Nations’ Policing Expert on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Lotta Gustafsson, said Nigeria has been strategic in combatting global drug-related offenses while the immediate past Chair of SPAG, Patrik Engstron, commended Nigeria’s leadership at strengthening security diplomacy at the UN and particularly at SPAG.