THE Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has assured Nigerians that the conduct of police personnel before, during and after the 2027 general elections would make citizens happy and proud of the Nigeria Police Force.
News Point Nigeria reports that Disu gave the assurance while fielding questions from journalists after the launch of a book titled The Origin of Women in Nigeria Police Force, written by 96-year-old Dame Stella Okuyiga, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police and one of the first 20 pioneer female officers to join the Nigeria Police Force.
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Responding to questions about the police’s position on the 2027 elections, the IGP said the Force had organised a meeting with commissioners of police across the country to ensure professionalism during the forthcoming polls.
“I want to let you know that we just finished a conference of all commissioners of police and other senior officers. We have had two or three elections recently, and you can see the police did very well, and we did too.
“We have now brought all these experiences together, where we did well and where we did not do well, so that we can perform better in this big election that everybody is looking up to.
“I give you my word. Nigeria Police will do so well, and we will make Nigeria Police so proud, and we will make Nigerians proud,” Disu said.
On the book written by Okuyiga, the IGP said the author was among the first women to join the Nigerian Police Force in 1955, adding that the Force was pleased with her achievements.
Disu said the 96-year-old retired officer had taken time to document her experiences and institutional knowledge to preserve the history of the Force and provide future generations of female police officers with something to learn from and aspire to.
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“Mama is 96 years old, and she has taken her time to put all her experience, institutional knowledge that she has down in the book for us to be able to study it for the generations coming, for women police in the next generation to have something to look up to,” he said.
He added that the Force was beginning a tradition of recognising and preserving the contributions of its own members rather than allowing their achievements to be forgotten.
“We in the police, we are starting up the history of not leaving our own, not forgetting our own,” Disu stated.
The IGP further disclosed that the Force would ensure that copies of the book were made available to all police training institutions so officers could learn about the experiences of those who served before them.
“We are going to ensure that we get copies of this book for all police training institutions, for all police officers to go through to see what it was like to be police officers,” he said.
Speaking at the event, the nonagenarian author and retired DCP expressed happiness that the publication was not just a book but also a part of her that would continue to live on.
“This book launch today is an important day in my life because the book itself is there. But I still live on my life. I still live on because this book will be in libraries all over the world, and they’ll be reading it.
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“So I’m so happy that with all that is happening today, I will continue to live forever,” she said.
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, who was represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Dagogo Wokama, launched the book with a donation of ₦20 million.
