IGP Olatunji Disu Enhances Nigeria-INTERPOL Cooperation

Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu conducted an official visit to the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, aimed at strengthening international police cooperation and enhancing the Nigeria Police Force's response to transnational crime. The visit included a meeting with INTERPOL Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza and other senior officials, focusing on collaboration in areas such as cybercrime, counter-terrorism, financial crime, organized crime, fugitive tracking, intelligence sharing, and the effective use of INTERPOL databases and policing tools.

The engagement also reviewed Nigeria's participation in INTERPOL-supported initiatives and explored further technical and operational collaboration to bolster criminal intelligence analysis and cross-border investigations. Accompanying IGP Disu were AIG Olaolu Adegbite, head of INTERPOL Nigeria, AIG Ezima Akaninyene Ifem, director of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre, AIG Akoh Benedict Gabriel, head of the Nigeria Police Counter Terrorism Unit, and CP Ojajuni Olubode, INTERPOL Africa Committee Member.