400 Nigerian Policemen On UN Mission To Liberia, Sudan

Four hundred Nigerian policemen left Nigeria today on United Nations peace mission to Sudan and Liberia. The cops were from the  three contingents of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) . They will be deployed  in support of the United Nations (UN mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the African Union – United Nations’ Hybrid operation in Dafur (UNAMID).

At a pre-deployment  exercise Tuesday which took place at the Parade Ground of the Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja, the Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar,  noted that the country’s  Police contingents are on international peacekeeping assignments in seven other  countries, notably: Cote D’voire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea Bissau, Haiti,  Sierra-Leone, Somalia and Sudan.

He assured the policemen going on the fresh assignments  of  ample provision for their welfare, material and logistics support and charged them to be good ambassadors of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nation at large.

The high point of the occasion was the tactical demonstration by the Police Contingents on operational skills and tactics on Crowd/Riots Control and other ancillary policing strategies in line with global best practices in policing and the UN standards.

Also in attendance were  Mr. Rof Ree, the Norwegian ambassador to Nigeria, members of the Police Management Team, Senior Police and Military Officers, including the Nigeria Defence Attachee to China, Brig. General Aliyu and members of the Diplomatic Corps.