Nigeria Police is committed to ensuring the security of lives and property of citizens of the country, saying it will sustain its resilience and tempo at combating crime across the country.

According to Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the police is resolute to policing the country based on international core values that will ensure proactiveness so as to rid the country of rime and criminals.

Idris said this at the opening of a five day training programme for eighty-one senior police officers of the force on National Counter-Terrorism Incident Site Commanders Management of the Zone ten Headquarters, Sokoto.

He spoke through Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone ten, Yakubu Usman, urging the participants of the all important course to avail themselves of the opportunity to add value to their capacity and competence in the course of their operations.

He said” the training is primarily to equip you with the needed capacity to adequately and rapidly respond to incidents especially on terrorism.

” I therefore, urge you to listen attentively, ask questions and teach others not here so they can leatn from the knowledge you acquired”, he said.

Also speaking on the sidelines, the Sokoto police Commissioner, Murtala Mani said the programme was timely and coming when the country was faced with security challenges.

According to Mani” we are more concern about the security of Nigerians that is why the police is encouraging all necessary measures to synergise with relevant agencies in order to fight crime and criminals for the safety of an average citizen.

” Basically, we are faced with more of lesser crimes which is what we will focus on and to build a template for proactive operations against and ahead of any act of terrorism “, stated.

Participants at the police Mess venue of the training programme being facilitated by CSP Okon Asuquo and SP Manir Madugu include 79 conventional and mobile police officers drawn from the zone, 1 each from NSCDC, DSS and Fire Service.