Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu. Photo: NPF

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has stated that security can no longer be achieved through force alone but through trust, transparency and shared responsibility.

According to a statement signed by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Lagos State chapter’s Public Relations Officer, Oguchukwu Okeke, on Saturday, the IGP stated this in his keynote address on Thursday at the grand finale of Lagos PR Fest 2026, held at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.

The theme of this year’s conference was, “Security, Nation Building and Public Trust: Fostering Collective Responsibility through Strategic Public Relations.”

Disu, who was represented by an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Simeon Akpanudom, of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Annex Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, described strategic public relations as the bedrock of effective nation-building and sustainable national security.