The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has called for a coordinated regional approach involving governments, security agencies, traditional institutions and local communities to tackle insecurity across Nigeria’s North-West.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, following the IGP’s participation in the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State.
Disu, who delivered the opening address at the three-day summit, said the scale and complexity of insecurity in the region required stronger collaboration, intelligence sharing and coordinated security operations.
The summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs, experts, development partners, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to deliberate on banditry, kidnapping, arms proliferation, communal conflicts, farmer-herder tensions and related security threats.
The IGP stressed that no single government or security agency could secure the region alone, calling for enhanced inter-state cooperation, improved border security, effective early-warning mechanisms and stronger engagement with communities.
He also emphasised the importance of traditional rulers and residents in providing credible intelligence and supporting efforts to prevent crime.
Disu cautioned against ethnic and religious profiling, stressing that criminality has no ethnicity and terrorism has no religion. He urged stakeholders to focus on dismantling criminal networks and bringing their sponsors, financiers, arms suppliers, informants and facilitators to justice, irrespective of their backgrounds.
The police chief reaffirmed the Nigeria Police Force’s commitment to intelligence-led policing, technology-driven operations, rapid response, inter-agency collaboration and community partnerships.
He charged participants to ensure that the summit produces practical and measurable resolutions capable of improving security, protecting vulnerable communities and restoring public confidence across the North-West.
