IGP Disu Convenes First Strategic Conference, Inaugurates Committee on State Police
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Wednesday convened his inaugural conference with senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force, setting a reform-focused tone for his administration and inaugurating a Steering Committee on the Establishment of State Police.
The high-level meeting, held at the Peacekeeping Conference Centre in Abuja, brought together strategic managers of the Force for deliberations on institutional priorities and prevailing national security challenges.
The conference marked the first formal strategic engagement between the IGP and the Force’s senior leadership since his assumption of office. It was aimed at aligning operational directives, reinforcing command responsibility, and establishing clear performance benchmarks across commands and formations nationwide.
In his opening address, IGP Disu charged senior officers to lead by example, enforce discipline decisively, and uphold the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct. He announced plans to strengthen internal accountability mechanisms, including revitalising the Complaints Response Unit and the X-Squad, stressing that no officer would be permitted to operate above the law.
The police chief reiterated his commitment to intelligence-led, evidence-based and technology-driven policing. He emphasised the need for improved coordination, enhanced intelligence architecture and sustained investment in modern investigative tools to address evolving security threats.
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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 both significant and timely, noting that the concept is being carefully examined as part of broader national efforts to enhance security governance, deepen community participation and bring policing closer to the people.
According to him, the committee is mandated to review existing policing models within and outside Nigeria; assess community security needs and emerging risks; propose an operational framework for the establishment and coordination of State Police structures; address recruitment, training, standards and resource allocation; and develop robust accountability and oversight mechanisms to ensure professionalism and strengthen public trust.
He clarified that State Police is not intended to replace or diminish the Nigeria Police Force but to function as a complementary structure within a coordinated national security framework designed to reinforce cohesion and institutional effectiveness.
The committee is chaired by Prof. Olu Ogunsakin, Director-General of the National Institute for Police Studies, 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 conference underscores the new IGP’s early efforts to consolidate command discipline, institutional accountability and structural reforms within the Force while contributing to ongoing national conversations on policing and security architecture.
