IGP Disu Holds First Strategic Conference, Inaugurates Steering Committee on State Police
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Tuesday convened his inaugural conference with senior police officers at the Peacekeeping Conference Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja, setting the tone for his administration with a strong emphasis on discipline, accountability, and strategic security reforms.
The high-level meeting, held on March 4, 2026, brought together strategic managers of the Nigeria Police Force for deliberations on institutional priorities and pressing national security imperatives. It marked the first formal strategic engagement between the IGP and the Force’s senior leadership cadre since his assumption of office.
Addressing the officers, IGP Disu charged them to lead by example, enforce discipline decisively, and uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in the discharge of their duties. He underscored the need to restore and sustain public confidence in policing through firm internal accountability systems.
As part of this renewed drive, the IGP announced the strengthening and revitalisation of key internal oversight bodies, including the Complaints Response Unit and the X-Squad, warning that no officer would be allowed to operate above the law.
Reaffirming his reform agenda, Disu reiterated his commitment to intelligence-led, evidence-based, and technology-driven policing. He stressed the importance of improved inter-agency coordination, enhanced intelligence architecture and sustained investment in modern investigative tools to effectively tackle evolving security threats across the country.
A major highlight of the conference was the formal inauguration of the Steering Committee on the Establishment of State Police. The IGP described the assignment as timely and significant, given the growing complexity of security challenges nationwide.
According to him, the concept of State Police is being carefully examined as part of broader national efforts to improve security governance, decentralise policing operations, and deepen community participation in crime prevention.
He clarified, however, that the proposed State Police framework is not intended to replace or undermine the Nigeria Police Force but to function as a complementary structure within a coordinated national security architecture aimed at strengthening national cohesion and institutional effectiveness.
The Steering Committee is chaired by Prof. Olu Ogunsakin, Director-General of the National Institute for Police Studies, Jabi, Abuja, with CP Bode Ojajuni serving as Secretary. Other members include DCP Okebechi Agora, DCP Suleyman Gulma, ACP Ikechukwu Okafor, CSP Tolulope Ipinmisho, and CP Emmanuel Ojukwu (Rtd), Provost of the Police Public Relations School.
The committee is tasked with reviewing policing models within and outside Nigeria, assessing community security needs and emerging risks, proposing an operational framework for State Police structures, and developing standards for recruitment, training, resource allocation, accountability, and oversight mechanisms to ensure professionalism and public trust.
Security analysts say the conference signals the beginning of a reform-focused era under IGP Disu, with expectations high that the new leadership will recalibrate policing strategies to meet contemporary security demands.
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