The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc(+), NPM, today, Wednesday, 19th August 2026, delivered the opening address at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State, where he called for an intelligence-led, community-supported, and coordinated regional response to insecurity.
In a statement signed by CSP Ani Iniedu Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja said the Summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs, experts, development partners, civil society representatives, and other key regional stakeholders to deliberate on banditry, kidnapping, arms proliferation, communal conflicts, farmer-herder tensions, and related threats confronting the region.
In his address, the IGP stressed that no security agency, government, or institution can secure the North-West alone, calling for stronger intelligence sharing, inter-state cooperation, coordinated operations, border security, community engagement, and effective early-warning mechanisms. He underscored the role of traditional institutions and local communities in providing credible intelligence and supporting crime prevention.
IGP Disu cautioned against ethnic or religious profiling, noting that criminality has no ethnicity and terrorism has no religion. He urged stakeholders to focus on identifying, isolating, and bringing criminal networks, their sponsors, arms suppliers, informants, and facilitators to justice, irrespective of background or affiliation.
The IGP reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to intelligence-led policing, technology-driven operations, rapid response, inter-agency collaboration, and community partnership. He charged participants to ensure that the three-day Summit produces practical and measurable resolutions capable of strengthening security, protecting vulnerable communities, and restoring public confidence across the North-West.
