The awards were conferred by Security Watch Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on the Chief Personal Security Officer to the President, Commissioner of Police, Moses Jitoboh, and Commanding Officer of the Mobile Police Presidential Escort, Chief Superintendent of Police, Miller Dantawaye.
Security Watch Africa gave Jitoboh its award of the Most Outstanding Security Operations Officer in Africa, 2014 while Dantawaye was recognised as Best Police Operations Officer in Nigeria, 2014. Dantawaye’s Mobile Police squadron was also awarded the Best Police Mobile Force Squadron in Nigeria, 2014.
The organisation said that it decided to confer the awards on the two security officers after a careful monitoring of their selfless, patriotic and untiring efforts in providing effective security for the President of Nigeria.
The two police officers will receive the awards at the 11th Africa Security Watch Awards, Lecture and Exhibition scheduled for November 25 to 27, at the Al Ghurair Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.