The United States has contributed to the war against terror in Nigeria by donating bomb disposal equipment to the Police Force. The equipment was handed over by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle and was received by the recently appointed Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Suleiman Abba in Abuja. A statement to that effect reads: The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Suleiman Abba NPM, mni, on August 20, 2014 at Force Headquarters, Abuja, received the US Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, James F. Entwistle. The US Ambassador congratulated the Ag. IGP on his new appointment as the Police Boss and thanked the Nigeria Police Force for its high level of co-operation and huge partnership with the US Embassy in Nigeria. The Ambassador thereafter presented High tech Bomb disposal robots/equipment to the Nigeria Police Force. He also reassured the Ag. IGP that his country will continue to render relevant supports to the Force in the areas of training and security cooperation.
The IGP, while responding, appreciated the Ambassador’s courtesy visit and thanked the US government for assisting the Nigeria Police Force in areas of investigation, management of scene of crime as well as position of equipment. Describing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed by the Nigeria Police Force and the US government recently as a huge partnership that will improve and modernize Police training in Nigeria, the IGP restated his commitment to continue to drive reforms and transformation of the Force in order to reposition the Force for better service delivery and promised that the newly donated equipment would be put to effective use. The items donated include robots and other high tech equipment to be used for bomb detection and detonation.
