The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has called for an intelligence-led, community-supported and coordinated regional response to insecurity in Nigeria’s North-West.
Disu made the call on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, while delivering the opening address at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State.
The summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs, experts, development partners, civil society representatives and other stakeholders to deliberate on banditry, kidnapping, arms proliferation, communal conflicts, farmer-herder tensions and other security threats confronting the region.
The IGP stressed that no single security agency, government or institution could secure the North-West alone, urging stronger intelligence sharing, inter-state cooperation, coordinated operations, border security, community engagement and effective early-warning mechanisms.
He also underscored the important role of traditional institutions and local communities in providing credible intelligence and supporting crime prevention efforts.
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Disu cautioned stakeholders against ethnic and religious profiling, stressing that criminality has no ethnicity and terrorism has no religion.
He urged security stakeholders to focus on identifying, isolating and bringing criminal networks, their sponsors, arms suppliers, informants and facilitators to justice, irrespective of their 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 partnerships.
He charged participants at the three-day summit to ensure that its deliberations produce practical and measurable resolutions capable of strengthening security, protecting vulnerable communities and restoring public confidence across the North-West.
