The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has expressed confidence that the newly promoted senior officers would support him in advancing the leadership thrust of the Nigeria Police Force.
Adamu stated this during the decoration of eight Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Wednesday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
“I hold the firm conviction that these newly promoted officers represent some of the finest officers in the Nigeria Police and are the right sets of officers to support me in the advancement of my leadership thrust.
“I have no doubt that they shall support us in our determination to alter the narratives of the Nigeria Police for good,” he said.
The police boss, who said the promotion of the officers was guided by the principle of seniority and merit, stating: “This promotion is guided by the principles of seniority and merit and also a clear testimony to the new focus of my leadership in relation to promotion policy.
“On my assumption of duty, I pledged to address the internal security challenges that I inherited by evolving new policing strategies and identifying quality and dedicated officers.
“This leadership focus was influenced by my conviction that no organisation can advance beyond the capacity, dedication and competence of its strategic leaders.
“It is also focused on our conviction that no organisational vision or plans can be attained without a crop of highly committed personnel to drive the implementation process,” he said.
Adamu, however, remind the promoted officers that more shall be demanded of them following their elevation, pointing out that: “Crime, as you know, is a dynamic and increasingly complex phenomenon and within the Nigerian context, we inherited some internal security threats touching on banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, cyber crime and cultism.
“The engagement of community-driven, intelligence-led and technology-guided policing strategies as well as the renewed commitment of personnel of the Nigeria Police to their mandates has combined to engender a drastic reduction in these crimes.”
Responding on behalf of the officers, AIG Yunana Babas pledged their commitment to Nigeria Police and vowed that they would not disappoint the Force.
