IGP USMAN ALKALI BABA LAUDS GOMBE GOVERNOR ON 3-DAY SECURITY AND PEACE SUMMIT. .... Commends LOC Of The Event For Their Diligence and Coordination

IGP Usman Alkali Baba

"Crime is dynamic and addressing it on a sustainable basis requires innovative approaches and the buy-in of all components of the society." IGP Baba.

.... Encourages all stakeholders to build on the outcome of this engagement in the overriding security interest of the State. 

Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba,psc (+), NPM, fdc has joined respected royal fathers, community leaders, security agencies and all other strategic stakeholders and resource persons to brainstorm on measures and strategies required to combat contemporary security challenges affecting this great state and the country.

The IGP, while delivering his keynote address, reiterated his gratitude to God Almighty in his ability to join the state governor and the peace-loving people of Gombe State in attending this 3-day Security and Peace Summit which is being organised under the theme - ‘Mitigating Contemporary Security Challenges for Sustainable Development in Gombe State’.

According to IGP Alkali Baba, in his address, said, "This summit brings together respected royal fathers, community leaders, security agencies and all other strategic stakeholders and resource persons to brainstorm on measures and strategies required to combat contemporary security challenges affecting this great state and the country.

"The Gombe State Security and Peace summit," according to the Police top Chief, "is coming at a crucial time when the Nigeria Police Force under my leadership is working towards deepening the engagement of the concept of Community Partnership, Technology-driven policing, and intelligence-based model in mitigating the current internal security challenges in the country."

"This policing strategy seeks to address security challenges through an active citizens engagement in the identification, analysis, and mitigation of threats and to actualise it, the communities and strategic stakeholders have critical roles to play." He said.

"Against this backdrop, the Nigeria Police Force under my leadership, considers it imperative that community leaders, community-based associations, local community groups and all citizens are actively engaged towards feeling their pulse, evolving a common synergy and presenting a common front to contain security challenges that are threatening our communal peace, safety, and security. 

"Your Excellency, community engagements, like the Security and Peace Summit by the Gombe State Government falls perfectly within the framework of this policing vision. To this extent, the Nigeria Police Force conveys its full and wholehearted support to the Government of Gombe State, under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for the vision in convening this strategic Summit.

"It is my expectation that during this 3-day Summit, all issues of security importance will be extensively discussed and effective strategies to address them identified. In exploring the various themes of the summit, I would like to call on the resource persons and participants to pay utmost attention to matters such as building trust between communities and the police, the role of citizens in providing actionable criminal information, and strategies for strengthening partnerships among various security agencies and the communities we serve." He further said.

Addressing the Gombe State Governor and the dignitaries present, he said; "Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, crime is dynamic and addressing it on a sustainable basis requires innovative approaches and the buy-in of all components of the society. Although Gombe State is one of the States in the Federation with the least incidences of violent crimes, the dynamic nature of crime makes it imperative that we continue to partner in evolving strategies that will constantly place us above the criminal elements. This is the only pathway towards maintaining the stable internal security order in Gombe State.

IGP Usman Alkali Baba, under whose leadership the police force is experiencing tremendous improvements in terms administration, discipline, policing and its relationship with the citizenry, further said: 

"In appreciating Your Excellency for the initiative of this Summit, therefore, I wish to encourage all stakeholders to build on the outcome of this engagement in the overriding security interest of the State. In line with this, it is my expectation we will be availed with the detailed outcome of this Summit for purpose of integrating them into our overall policing strategy as I have no doubt that they will be informed enough to complement our current strategies.

"On this note, I wish to sincerely appreciate the invaluable support of His Excellency to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies over the years. This is further evidenced by Your Excellency’s initiative to organise this Summit as well as the upcoming launch of a Special State Security Operation and assets which I understand will hold shortly after this event. 

He also used the opportunity to thank the Counter Fraud Centre, AIG Zubairu Halilu Muazu (Rtd), mni, (Ubandoman Gombe), and the Local Organising Committee of the event, for their diligence and coordination which have manifested in this colourful, well-attended and highly successful Summit.

IGP Alkali Baba also expressed his thanks to the royal fathers and all strategic stakeholders and resource persons here present, I thank you for your sacrifice and commitment to the peace and security of Gombe State in particular, and our beloved country, in general.

He commended the Gombe State Governor and the participants at this well thought-out Gombe State Security and Peace Summit even as he prayed for a fruitful engagement.

He said his anticipation is that the outcome of the Summit will be a model that could be implemented towards changing the peace and security narratives in Gombe State and the nation.

"May Allah (SWT) continue to protect and bless Your Excellency, Gombe State, and our dear country," he prayed.