Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu has assured Nigerians that police officers will demonstrate professionalism before, during and after the 2027 general elections.
He said the police would learn from previous elections and use the lessons to improve their performance during the forthcoming polls.
Disu gave the assurance while speaking to journalists after the launch of a book titled “The Origin of Women in Nigeria Police Force”, authored by 96-year-old retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Dame Stella Okuyiga.
Okuyiga was among the first 20 female officers to join the Nigeria Police Force in 1955.
Speaking about preparations for the 2027 elections, Disu said, “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,” he added.
Disu further assured Nigerians that the police would perform creditably during the election.
On the book, the IGP praised Okuyiga for documenting her experiences and knowledge for future generations of police officers, particularly women.
He said the publication would help younger officers understand the history of women in the force and the challenges faced by the pioneers.
“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,” Disu said.
He added that the police leadership was committed to preserving the contributions of former officers rather than allowing their achievements to be forgotten.
Disu also disclosed that the force would obtain copies of the book for police training institutions across the country to enable officers to learn from the experiences of earlier generations.