PRESS RELEASE
IGP HOLDS STRATEGIC CONFERENCE WITH SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS
Unveils 2-Month Scorecard, Charges Officers to Heighten Visibility Policing Towards Year-End
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, today, 23rd September 2025, convened a Strategic Police Officers’ Conference with senior officers of the ranks of AIGs and CPs at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The conference served as a platform for performance review, strategic planning, and operational recalibration as the Force moves into the last quarter of the year.
The IGP commended the visible improvement in Command posture, tactical responses, and supervisory presence across the country since the July conference, noting that these gains have contributed to increased public confidence and operational successes. He emphasized that policing in Nigeria is facing complex, hybrid threats and charged the senior officers to adopt intelligence-driven strategies, seamless coordination, and visible leadership to stay ahead of criminal elements.
Highlighting the Force’s operational achievements over the last two months, the IGP announced that between 31st July and 23rd September 2025, the Nigeria Police Force arrested a total of 4,383 suspects nationwide for various serious offences, including 481 armed robbery suspects, 260 kidnappers, 371 for murder or culpable homicide, 161 for unlawful possession of firearms, 322 suspected rapists, 375 suspected cultists, and 2,413 others for various crimes. In the same period, 716 assorted firearms, 21,238 rounds of ammunition, and 212 vehicles were recovered, while 1,138 kidnapped victims were successfully rescued.
Looking ahead to the final quarter of 2025, the IGP directed all Zonal AIGs and State Commands to activate multi-layered visibility policing frameworks, intensify community engagement efforts, and ensure proactive patrols of highways, feeder routes, and forest corridors, with particular attention to the “Ember Months” traditionally associated with increased crime rates.
The conference concluded with renewed commitment from all senior officers to strengthen operational calendars for October to December 2025 and beyond, while maintaining a robust presence across their areas of responsibility, and sustaining the tempo of crime prevention and law enforcement efforts nationwide.
CSP BENJAMI HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra,
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.
23rd September, 2025
