Nigeria Police is collaborating with the British High Commission to train its officers in democratic policing in a post-conflict environment.

According to the police, the training would provide officers with the capacity to operate in a post-conflict environment that required lot of sensitivity.

Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris said this at the opening of a two-day Train the Trainers Seminar on Democratic Policing in the North East organised by the British High Commission’s conflict and security office in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force.

He said beneficiaries of the seminar would be deployed to the North East to pass on the training to Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

The police boss said the training would provide officers with the capacity to operate in a post-conflict environment that required lot of sensitivity.

He said beneficiaries of the seminar would be deployed to the North East to pass on the training to Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

He urged the participants to make judicious use of the knowledge they will acquire from the training.

Earlier, Kemi Okeyendo, Team Lead, Policing Component Programme, said that the training was aimed at improving police service delivery to members of the public.

“We will work with the Nigeria Police Force to ensure accountability, coordination and coherence runs all the way through the processes of the police,“ he said.

She said the training would be followed by a process of coaching and mentoring of the officers.

Katrina Laird, Nigeria Security and Justice Adviser at the High Commission, said the training was part of the UK support for Nigeria’s fight against insurgency.

She said the programme would ensure that the affected communities in the North East benefitted from the training.