Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Police Force has concluded the training of six hundred and twelve officers from across the six geo-political zones on effective strategies for combatting cultism, kidnapping and electoral violence in the country.

The training according to Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, held at six different venues in each of the six geo-political zones, was organised by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with Wan Diyos Limited, a consulting firm, and had renowned members of the academia and a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Hashimu Ibrahim Argungu as resource persons.


According to him, the training workshop which held between Saturday 7th January and Wednesday 18th January, 2023, probed historical antecedents and contemporary issues and solutions to the challenges of cultism, kidnapping, and electoral violence.
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba emphasised that the training is germane in light of the upcoming general elections to prepare officers to train their men on vibrant tactics to identify and decimate threats to election security management.
He also assured that the training and retraining of police personnel for election security management and professionalism, in all areas of modern policing, will be a continuous project even after the 2023 general elections.
The Inspector-General of Police charged the trainees to deploy the expertise gained from the workshop towards improved management of cultism, kidnapping and election related violence.
He directed them to ensure the knowledge cascades to other officers and men serving in their respective stations/units for a holistic approach to election security management during the 2023 general elections for free, fair, credible and acceptable elections.