Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Rilwan Disu has advanced efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture through a proposed trilateral partnership involving Nigeria, the United States and Italy.

The initiative targets specialised training for up to 5,000 police personnel, with a focus on counter-insurgency operations, intelligence gathering, tactical response and institutional capacity to tackle terrorism, kidnapping, arms trafficking and other security threats.

The proposals emerged from Disu’s working visit to Italy, where he engaged Italian law enforcement authorities on security cooperation, technology transfer and institutional development.

A major component of the planned training covers operations in difficult rural and forested terrains, digital and scientific forensics, cybercrime investigation, explosives detection, financial investigations, asset tracing and anti-extortion techniques.

At a meeting with the Commander General of the Italian Carabinieri, discussions included command courses for 40 senior officers, leadership training for 100 junior commanders and the deployment of a mobile assistance team to support Police Mobile Force training schools in Gwoza and Ila-Orangun.

Disu called for a memorandum of understanding covering training, technology transfer and operational doctrine, while inviting a Carabinieri assessment team to Abuja to identify priority needs and develop an implementation framework.