Acting IGP, Mohammed Adamu, during the handing over ceremony of the 19th to the 20th IGP at the Police Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday . 00555/16/1/2019/Anthony Alabi/NANLess than four weeks after Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Council of Police Organisations , the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, will this week host a meeting of police and security chiefs from INTERPOL, West Africa and some key countries in Africa.
The Nigerian government had last month announced that it would begin to implement the West African Police Information System under the agreement with INTERPOL.WAPIS is implemented by INTERPOL with funding from the European Union. Its aim is to strengthen information exchange and coordination among the region’s law enforcement agencies.
The West African Police Chiefs Committee is a structure under ECOWAS designed to bring together Heads of Police of ECOWAS Member States to exchange and share intelligence. WAPCCO’s areas of interest include tackling of illicit trade on drugs, enforcement of immigration laws, policing of marine space, customs activities, and financial intelligence amongst others.
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