DELTA TO FLOAT SECURITY OUTFIT TO ENSURE GREATER SAFETY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY

Delta State Government on Tuesday said it has initiated a process of establishing a Joint Security Force to check the rising insecurity in the state.

Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, who disclosed this at a press conference in Asaba, said the proposed security outfit would be christened “Operation Delta Hawk”.

Ebie said the state government was concerned about the rising insecurity in the state occasioned by herders-farmers clashes, kidnapping and other crimes.

He remarked that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa was worried about cases of death and injuries resulting from the clashes and had resolved to set up a security outfit to be controlled by the state in managing security challenges.

Ebie, who was flanked by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said the new security outfit would work with the vigilante groups and other security agencies in achieving its goal.

The SSG said a Bill would soon be sent to the State House of Assembly to give the security outfit a legal backing.

He called on the people of Delta State  not to resort to self-help in the event of any attack as such response was capable of precipitating endless cycle of violence which would do no one any good.