{"id":6359,"date":"2026-05-15T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:48:10","slug":"poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Inspector General of Police(IGP) Olatunji Disu has said that lapses in policing and public complaints against officers are largely linked to gaps in education and training within the force.<br \/><br \/>Speaking when he led his team on a visit to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) in Abuja on Thursday, the IGP said the police cannot effectively carry out their mandate without a stronger educational foundation for officers.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWe value education. If you notice any lapses in what we do, what the police do, all the complaints you have against the police boils down to education,\u201d he said.<br \/><br \/>He explained that the Nigerian Police Force is working to upgrade the kind of education given to officers, noting that modern policing requires specialized knowledge and skills beyond traditional training.<br \/><br \/>According to him, the force is focusing on areas such as forensic science, criminology, data analytics, artificial intelligence and cyber security to improve professionalism and effectiveness.<br \/><br \/>\u201cYou cannot do good policing without having wonderful forensic officers and wonderful forensic departments to assist you to do your job. We need to have specialists, we need to have criminologists,\u201d he said.<br \/><br \/>The IGP stressed that policing has moved beyond stereotypes and guesswork, and must now be driven by research and data.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector General of Police(IGP) Olatunji Disu has said that lapses in policing and public complaints against officers are largely linked to gaps in education and training within the force. Speaking when he led his team on a visit to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) in Abuja on Thursday, the IGP said the police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T11:48:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DISU-NEW-700x394-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/705d2523871cc6418692ac2d71e674d9\"},\"headline\":\"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T11:48:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/DISU-NEW-700x394-1.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/poor-education-driving-policing-failures-in-nigeria-igp-disu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Poor Education Driving Policing Failures In Nigeria \u2014 IGP Disu - 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