Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Governors of the South-east geo-political zone, on Wednesday, endorsed the new community policing model of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), for effective security in the zone.

Rising from the South East Geo-political Security Summit, initiated by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, the governors in a communique read by the Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of the South East Governors' Forum, David Umahi, said that contents of the new community policing strategies of the police were not different from their security measures already in place in the zone.

Mr Umahi disclosed that South-east governors, before the summit, had a closed-door meeting with the Inspector General of Police, at the Gover...