The Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali has assured that Police has put in place measures to ensure that proper sweeping of strategic locations to prevent import of CBRN and high-yield Explosives into public spaces before, during and after election as EOD-CBRN personnel at all entry and exit points of the country have been put on alert to be eagle-eyed in order to prevent importation of explosive materials illegally.
This was disclosed by CSP Okumuyiwa Adejobi Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters in Abuja.
CSP Adejobi said that Nigeria Police Force has concluded training of officers attached to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit.
He said the training which discussed established protocols for safe explosives disposal and preventive measures ahead of the 2023 General Elections was approved by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, as part of his vision to ensure strategic and timely training and retraining of police officers, particularly those with dynamic specializations.
Adejobi said, after the training of Commanders and heads of EOD formations across the country, CP Zannah Shettima who represented the IGP distributed some contemporary gadgets donated by the United Nations’ Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and United States Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (US NSDD) with others procured through the Special Intervention Fund of the IGP to bases, sub-bases and other operational formations of EOD in the country.
The gadgets include, Packeye Backpack Radiation Detectors, Electronic Control Measure Frequency Jammers, Thermo Scientific RIIDEye, Viken Detection Nighthawk, Thermo Scientific First Defender and F3 Mine Lab-Deep Mine detectors.
However Inspector-General of Police Alkali has ordered Commissioners of Police and their respective supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in the 17 Zonal Commands, to continually engage with the military and other security agencies that are recognized members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to solidify the already designed operation, order cum deployment strategies em-placed towards the smooth and peaceful conduct of the 2023 General Elections.
