Let’s Train Nigerian Policemen How To Handle Protest Without Guns, Germany Tells FG

The German government has asked the Federal Government to release at least 30,000 Nigeria Police personnel for special training in Germany on how to manage protests among Nigerians without using weapons. A high-level delegation from Germany, which visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, specifically said it was willing to train the new crop of recruits into the Nigeria Police Force on best practices on street protest management. The team, led by a retired Inspector-General of the German Federal Police, Matthias Seeger, had earlier visited the force headquarters where they interacted with the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. But the German’s position on the management of protests without the use of firearms was countered by Smith, who said Nigerian protesters were usually armed and law enforcement agents have to defend themselves from assault by the protesters.