AIG Cookey visits Ooni of Ife, assured him of robust community policing
By Urube Peter://
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI Command, Osogbo, AIG Christy Cookey on a working visit at the royal palace to pay homage to the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, CFR.
The AIG has affirmed that the Nigeria Police will always come to the traditional rulers to seek for their support and advice, to ensure that the concept of Community Policing is not just on paper but manifesting at the grassroots.
She said “traditional rulers are the custodians of people and culture.*
AIG Cookey in a press statement said, “The effort of IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Police reforms and his security architecture of community policing, engaging critical stakeholders, and providing all necessary means to secure all Nigerians everywhere in the country, is sacrosanct”.
While at the royal palace, AIG Cookey pay homage to the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and assured him that the Nigeria Police will always come to the traditional rulers to seek for their support and advice to ensure that the concept of community policing is not just on paper but manifesting at the grassroots since traditional rulers are the custodians of people and culture, Cookey emphasised.
AIG Christy Cookey, informed the Kabiyesi and all chiefs present that various methods of policing that will ensure the security of people and properties, which includes visibility policing, are being jointly worked on by her and the Commissioners of Police within the zone.
Meanwhile, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, who is a co-leader of African monarchs, amongst several other responsibilities in Nigeria and around the world. Heartily received and welcome AIG and her team to the palace and subsequently gave his royal blessing to the AIG, said that he was delighted as the Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to note that AIG Christy Cookey is a product of that institution. Moreover, she is just lifting the name of the school and also making the Nigeria Police and the nation proud.
In her entourage, AIG Cookey’s are: the DC B ‘Op’s, DCP Felix Ohagwu; DC DFA, DCP Reuben Abiola; Area Commander Ife, ACP Abiodun Alabi; O/C ZIB, CSP Suleiman Olalere; Zonal PPRO, SP Ayeni Benjamin; O/C Legal, SP James Famuyini, other Police Officers and PCRC Zone 11 Command Executives.
