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IGP Partners US, ONSA To Fight Insecurity

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Apr 6, 2022.

Abdulsalam Abdullah Opeyemi

IGP partners US, NSA partner to fight Nigeria’s insecurity
the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said the measure is part of efforts to secure Nigeria

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has approved the continual training of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD-CBRN) Command.

A statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said the measure is part of efforts to secure Nigeria.

The training is a two weeks capacity building workshop for 30 EOD-CBRN officers, drawn from across the nation, according to the Force Ag. Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, is in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), and the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Smuggling, Detection, and Deterrence (NSDD).

Adejobi stated that a fully-practical oriented workshop is part of the IGP’s continual effort at re-evaluating and re-strategizing performance levels in meeting its core objectives of safeguarding the country against internal security threats, especially with regards to capacity building of personnel in line with global best practices and standards.

This aims at providing training and equipping EOD-CBRN personnel in the operation of MDS equipment (vans and handheld devices); enhance the capacity of EOD-CBRN personnel in the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive materials; enhance the secondary inspection techniques of officers; reposition and build the capacity of the NPF EOD Command, and to expand CBRN’s focus and area of responsibility in line with emerging threats.

He added, “The IGP, while confirming the new nomenclature for the EOD Command to read Explosive Ordnance Disposal-Chemical Biological Radiological, and Nuclear defence (EOD-CBRN) in line with the newly approved Force Order 472, equally noted that the EOD CBRN Command has received a total of 5 Mobile Detection System (MDS) vans, with 2 spare parts and maintenance kits; 3 Radio-isotope Identification Devices (RIDs), 3 PackEye Radiation Detection Backpacks; 3 Radiation Survey Meters; and 7 Sensor Technology Radiation Pagers.

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The IGP has likewise ordered that the equipment be strategically deployed to sensitive and critical infrastructures and threatened areas in order to improve the nation’s nuclear security architecture in early detection, analysis and reporting of radioactive materials out of regulatory control.

The Inspector-General of Police, represented by the Commissioner of Police, EOD-CBRN, CP Zannah Shettima, psc, commended the laudable contribution of the US NSDD and assured that the skills and knowledge acquired will be put to good use in the collective fight against security threats, acts of terrorism and other criminal activities in the country.”

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