The German government has offered to train Nigerian police officials on how to manage protests without weapons.
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith received the high-level delegation from Germany which said they were willing to train the police on protests management.
The team visited the force headquarters where they interacted with the Inspector-General, Usman Baba.
A retired Inspector-General of the German Federal Police, Matthias Seeger, who was the leader of the delegation, said it would be a great start for the police if his team could train the new crop of recruits into the Nigeria police on best practices.
He said: “I think the best is, for a start, if you want to build a house, you start with the basement. You focus on very few things, maybe two or three. In all the demonstrations we had in Europe, there were very few unique situations where police used their weapons; 99.9 percent, no weapons.
“So, we offer to train for best practices. You have a great chance when you train 30,000 young women and men to become policemen, you take the best. It’s a big chance for you now when you train young people. This is the future of the police of Nigeria, so you train them well from the first moment.”
