The Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K.
Idris, on July 20, 2016 paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Naval
Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Etteh-Ibas at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja.
While at the Naval Headquarters, Ag.IGP Ibrahim Idris
expressed his pleasure at the warm reception accorded him and his entourage. He
stressed the need for collaboration and fraternization between both agencies,
especially in the area of training Maritime Police personnel so as to keep Nigerian
Waterways safe.
He further stated the intention of the Nigeria Police Force to
procure house boats that would be manned by maritime Policemen in order to
effectively curb the menace of pirates and terrorist attacks in the Niger
Delta. The IGP concluded his remarks by emphasizing the need for the
Nigerian Navy to always have confidence in the Nigeria Police Force, as cases
handed over would be diligently and expediently prosecuted.
The Chief of Naval Staff while responding to the IGP’s
remarks, congratulated him on his appointment and promised to sustain the usual
cooperation accorded the Nigeria Police Force in the past. He further stated
that in a bid to extend a hand of fellowship to the Nigeria Police Force and
effectively curb crime, the Nigerian Navy had recently trained forty (40)
Police officers on maritime operations and also made sharing of intelligence a
priority. In his final remarks, the Chief of Naval Staff acquainted the IGP
with the burden born by the Navy while safe guarding vessel and barges that are
subject of prosecution by the Police. He urged the Police to support the
implementation of operation Delta safe.
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