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Suleiman Abba, the inspector-general of police, (IGP) has sought collaboration with the British government in the areas of capacity building and intelligence sharing, Emmanuel Ojukwu, police spokesman, said on Tuesday.

Ojukwu disclosed that Abba made the appeal while commissioning the first batch of the close protection unit for judicial officers and judges trained by operatives of the Royal Military Police of the British army.

“The IGP, in his address, admonished the graduands to employ professionalism, discipline and courage in the discharge of their duties,” he said.

“He added that this close protection unit has become necessary to reassure judges, especially the ones handling terrorism-related cases of adequate police protection, to enable them discharge their duties without fear. The IGP used the occasion to thank the British government and seek greater collaboration in areas of capacity building and intelligence sharing.”

The occasion was attended by Andrew Pocock, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, other senior staff of the British High Commission; Ibrahim Auttah, the chief judge of the federal high court, Abuja, and top officers of the Nigeria police force.