IGP EGBETOKUN: ‘INVESTIGATION IS AT THE HEART OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DELIVERY’; LAUDS DIG ALABI, AIG OWOHUNWA FOR ORGANIZING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION’ WORKSHOP

• PSC boss Arase, Oba Oniru, AIG Zone 2 in attendance 

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu (3rd left); Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal (m); Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi (2nd left); Chief Host/Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG FCID Lagos Annex, AIG Idowu Owohunwa (3rd right); Nigeria Police Youth Ambassador, Korede Bello (right) and other senior officers at the Force CID Lagos Annex 3-day Criminal Investigation Workshop Themed: “Professionalism In Investigation For Enhanced Criminal Justice Delivery In Nigeria” held at Black Diamond Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

In line with global best practices in criminal investigation, the leadership of the Force CID Lagos Annex, under leadership of AIG Idowu Owohunwa has organized a 3-day Criminal Investigation Workshop Themed: “Professionalism In Investigation For Enhanced Criminal Justice Delivery In Nigeria” for all detectives of the Nigeria Police, Force CID Annex in Lagos. The training is aimed at entrenching their effectiveness and enhancing their capacity for crime prevention, investigation, and detection, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report.

L-R: DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi; Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun and AIG Force CID Annex Lagos, AIG Idowu Owohunwa welcoming the IGP.

The opening ceremony of the workshop which held on Thursday 22nd February 2024 was well-attended by top guns in the Nigeria Police Force led by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. Others are the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase ably represented by AIG Ade Shinaba rtd; Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Force CID Abuja, DIG Sylvester Abiodun Alabi; the Chief Host/AIG in charge of Force CID Annex Lagos, AIG Idowu Owohunwa who organized the training for his officers; the AIG in charge of Zone 2 (Lagos and Ogun), AIG Olatoye Durosinmi; the Commissioner of Police in Lagos Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade; the Commissioner of Police in Ogun state, CP Alamutu Abiodun; CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla; AIG Chris Owolabi (Rtd); CP Abraham Nabhon Thomas; CP Colombus Okaro (Rtd); Director of Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC), CP Uche Ifeanyi Henry; CP Airwing, Force HQtr, CP Iliyasu Kwarbai; DC FIB Force HQtr, DCP Hycenth Edozie; DCP Interpol, DCP Monday Agbonika; DCP Central Criminal Registry, FCID Annex, Lagos, DCP Ayodeji Babalola; DC Forensic, DCP Elias Uzomeka; DCP Fatai Tijani; DCP Martin Nwogohi; MOPOL Commanders; ACP Ibiye Braide, ACP Bayo Suleiman; ACP AI Daniel; ACP Ola Jide Agboola; Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, CSP Julius Adedeji of MOPOL 2, CSP Cardoso Yetunde Omotosho of Legal Dept Lagos Command, PPRO of FCID Lagos Annex, ASP Mayegun Aminat and other senior police officers.

L-R: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and the Chief Host/AIG Force CID Lagos Annex, AIG Idowu Owohunwa.

NAOSNP can report that the Chairman of Police Service Commission and retd. IGP, Dr. Solomon Arase ably represented by AIG Ade Shinaba rtd; Dr Benjamin Niran Aluko of the Institute of Peace Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan who delivered the keynote address, and the Royal Father of the day, Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal who was an ex-police officer involved in crime investigation, celebrity Artist, Korede Bello, Executive Secretary of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi and Engr. Ken Nwabueze were also in attendance.

Declaring the event open, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun noted: ‘It is with immense delight that I welcome you to this training workshop on criminal investigation packaged by the leadership of the Force CID for detectives of the department. I am particularly delighted because this workshop signifies a pivotal step in our ongoing moves to reshape and uplift the act of law enforcement and specifically policing in Nigeria.’

L-R: Representatives of the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase,  AIG Ade Shinaba rtd; Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal and Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun.

‘Investigation is at the heart of criminal justice delivery and the quality of investigative outcome represents a critical factor in law enforcement function. The agenda of the current police leadership in the country towards restoring the primacy of the Force CID as the prime crime investigation arm in Nigeria is therefore founded on this conviction’, NAOSNP can report.

The DIG in charge of Force CID, DIG Abiodun Alabi under whose leadership the on-going training is executed and coordinated noted that the 3-day workshop is a critical step towards the implementation of the responsibility of reforms saddled upon the Department by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. He asserted that the training will ensure capacity building for the detectives promising that more workshops will be organized.

 L-R: Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal; Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun and DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi

IGP Kayode Egbetokun with DIG Abiodun Alabi 

The innovative and forward-looking administrator who is at the helms of Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID, Alagbon Annex, AIG Idowu Owohunwa who hosted the impactful workshop emphasized: ‘For an Agency that is as critical to internal security as the Nigeria Police, the prioritisation of training and human capacity development as a strategic pathway to entrenching professionalism, engendering ethical regeneration, and enhancing public trust remain a necessity rather than an option.’ He added that assertion is even more relevant in relation to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, which is statutorily and historically, the lead criminal investigative Unit in the country that is populated by detectives whose conducts have an amplifying effect on criminal justice delivery and public perception of the Police. National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report that AIG Owohunwa maintained that the optimal attainment of the goals of an organisation is precedent on the quality of the human capacity of such an organisation.

 L-R: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun receiving an award plaque from DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi

R-L: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun presenting an award plaque to the Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal

R-L: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun presenting an award plaque to the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase ably represented by AIG Ade Shinaba rtd.

L-R: IGP Kayode Egbetokun presenting an award plaque to DIG Abiodun Alabi

The Royal Father of the day, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal who was excited about the training workshop organized especially in his domain, Iru/Victoria Island recalled his years of active service in the Police Force. He tasked the Police detectives to maximize the 3-day workshop for increased productivity and excellence in service delivery.

The keynote address delivered by Dr. Benjamin Aluko covered critical areas such as investigation, technical, intelligence and forensic aid to criminal investigation, ethical requirements in criminal investigation, and the extant criminal laws and procedures with emphasis on aligning our investigative activities to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. Other areas include global best practices in criminal investigation with emphasis on complex cases like fraud, Domestic and
Sexual crimes, Cybercrime, crimes associated with land disputes and forensic pathology in aid of homicide investigation.

 IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun IGP Kayode Egbetokun in a warm handshake with the DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi R-L: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi presenting an award plaque to the Chief Host/AIG Force CID Lagos Annex, AIG Idowu Owohunwa R-L: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi presenting an award plaque to Mr. Rony Mouaikel of Black Diamond Hotel

R-L: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi presenting an award plaque to the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi

While delivering the keynote address, Dr. Benjamin Aluko said the comprehensive training will cover critical areas such as investigation, technical, intelligence and forensic aid to criminal investigation, ethical requirements in criminal investigation, and the extant criminal laws and procedures with emphasis on aligning our investigative activities to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

Other areas include global best practices in criminal investigation with emphasis on complex cases like fraud, Domestic and Sexual crimes, Cybercrime, crimes associated with land disputes and forensic pathology in aid of homicide investigation.

 L-R: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi welcoming the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun

Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi (m); Chief Host/Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG FCID Annex Lagos, AIG Idowu Owohunwa (3rd right); CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla (3rd left); CP Homicide, CP Eze Oko (2nd left); CP Abraham Nabhon Thomas (left); Director, Nigeria Police Force- National Cybercrime Center, NPF-NCCC, CP Uche Ifeanyi Henry (right)

L-R: DIG Abiodun Alabi in a warm handshake with AIG Zone 2, AIG Olatoye Durosinmi L-R: CP Lagos Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade; Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi; AIG Zone 2, AIG Olatoye Durosinmi and CP Ogun State, CP Alamutu Abiodun L-R: CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla; CP Colombus Okaro (Rtd); DIG Abiodun Alabi; a Senior officer; CSP Aremu Adeniran

L-R: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi; Nigeria Police Youth Ambassador, Korede Bello and AIG Force CID Lagos Annex, AIG Idowu OwohunwaL-R: Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi and AIG Force CID Lagos Annex, AIG Idowu Owohunwa  L-R: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun; CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla; AIG Zone 2, AIG Olatoye Durosinmi and others L-R: DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi and CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal (3rd right) with MOPOL Commanders; L-R: ACP Ola Jide Agboola; ACP Lawal; ACP; ACP Bayo Suleiman and ACP Ibiye Braide

DIG Force CID Abuja, DIG Abiodun Alabi (2nd right); PPRO Force CID Annex Lagos, ASP Aminat Mayegun (2nd left) and others.

L-R: Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a warm handshake with the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade   L-R: President, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP, Oki Samson with Commissioner of Police, CP SFU Lagos, CP Margaret Ochalla