Community Policing, Only Path To Lasting Security – DIG Abubakar

Deputy Inspector-General of Police successful complaint of Finance and Administration, Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar, has urged officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to afloat clasp community-oriented policing, describing it arsenic the lone viable way to lasting bid and information successful the country.

Abubakar made the telephone successful his valedictory connection aft resigning from the Force connected Monday, September 15, 2025, aft 33 years of service.

He said his acquisition successful the Force had convinced him that sustainable information could lone beryllium achieved erstwhile communities and the constabulary enactment unneurotic to forestall and combat crime.

According to him, assemblage policing is not conscionable a programme but besides a cardinal policing doctrine that indispensable beryllium adopted astatine each level of the NPF.

“Building symbiotic relationships with communities, leveraging section intelligence, and solving problems collectively is the attack that volition code causes of transgression and the fearfulness of transgression successful our communities,” helium said.

While paying tribute to successive Inspectors-General of Police nether whom helium served, Abubakar stressed that the public’s spot and assurance successful the Force would lone beryllium earned erstwhile officers amusement respect for quality rights, the regularisation of law, and the rule that “the constabulary are the public, and the nationalist are the police.”

The retiring DIG besides called for continuous concern successful modern policing tools, unit grooming and retraining, improved payment for frontline officers, and stronger inter-agency cooperation. Still, helium maintained that assemblage policing indispensable stay cardinal to the Force’s operations.

Abubakar expressed gratitude to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Police Service Commission, his people mates, subordinates, and each officers helium worked with.

He pledged to stay a arrogant ambassador of the Force adjacent successful retirement.

“As I bow retired with my caput held high, I americium assured that the abundant young talents wrong the ranks, coupled with the existent enactment of the Force, volition steer the Nigeria Police done contiguous and aboriginal challenges.

I whitethorn beryllium retiring from progressive service, but my tone volition ever stay with the Force,” helium said.