By Paul Williams
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has called for for an intelligence-led, community-supported, and coordinated regional response to insecurity.
He was speaking at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, 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.
The summit deliberated on banditry, kidnapping, arms proliferation, communal conflicts, farmer-herder tensions, and related threats confronting the region.
Disu 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.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to intelligence-led policing, technology-driven operations, rapid response, inter-agency collaboration, and community partnership.
The IGP 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.
