The Divisional Police Officer of the Ekpan Police Station, CSP Aliyu Lekan Shaba, has assured the Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency, WUEDA of adequate security support in the enforcement of environmental laws.
CSP Shaba, who gave the assurance on Friday in his office at Ekpan when he played host to a high-powered team of the Agency, led by its Director General, Hon. Prince Godwin Eguriase Ejinyere, said the police were in support of the Agency’s mandate to restore normalcy to the Oil City.
The Ekpan DPO said Vice President Kashim Shettima recently spurred him into more action with the award of the IGP’s Best DPO of the Year presented to him by the Police Affairs Minister, adding that “to whom much is given, much is expected”.
CSP Shaba noted that what was worth doing was worth doing well and commended Prince Ejinyere and his team for taking WUEDA’s sensitization campaign to Ekpan Police Division.
He asserted that as a progressive Police Officer, and a DPO without borders, he would do everything within his mandate to support WUEDA’s DG and his team towards achieving the desired results for the benefit of all.
While promising to be equitable, fair and just in his efforts to make residents comply with environmental laws and regulations, the Ekpan DPO echoed his zero tolerance for crime and criminality, and advised WUEDA to operate without fear or favour if the Agency must succeed.
“I will support your Agency with security backup to enable you carry out your duties anywhere in WUEDA’s mandate areas, so as to restore night life to the metropolis as it was in the good old days”, CSP Shaba reassured.
Earlier, the WUEDA DG, Prince Godwin Ejinyere, told the DPO that he assumed office five months ago with the mandate to positively change the narrative of Warri, Uvwie and the environs.
Ejinyere lamented the high level of lawlessness in the metropolis, accentuated by street trading, indiscriminate parking of vehicles, illegal motor parks and mechanic workshops, as well as the blocking of drainage channels by residents who chose to flout the law with reckless abandon.
“We had met with many stakeholders, including the Police Area Commander, the Nigerian Army, Royal Fathers, managers of television and radio stations, as well as leaders of trade unions, asking them for support towards achieving our goal”, the DG said.
He re-emphasized Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s resolve to turn Warri, Uvwie and the environs to one of the best Cities in Nigeria, ranking among Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, and he would not tolerate any attempt to thwart his efforts by perpetrating disorderliness in the Agency’s mandate areas.
“We don’t want to work against the law, so we demanded for and got a Mobile Court with one Magistrate for each LGA to prosecute and sanction offenders. We need the support of the Police to succeed. We had served some demand notices but the DPOs had not been properly briefed hence our visit to you as our partner in progress”, Ejinyere stated.
The WUEDA DG revealed that over N15bn had been approved by the Delta State Government to tackle the flooding problem in the Oil City but some unpatriotic residents had blocked almost all the drains, so the Agency must follow up and ensure that the drainage channels were opened up to function optimally to forestall flooding.
“Ensuring peace and security is equally our mandate. We want to partner the Police to restore night life to Warri and its environs as it is in Asaba the State Capital right now”, the DG added.
The Divisional Crime Officer 1 of Ekpan Police Station, SP Charles Aguebor, and the Station Officer, ASP Waziri Imran were present during the visit.
A member of WUEDA Board of Directors, Mr. Isaac Itobi; WUEDA’s Director of Admin and Finance, Mr. Simon Esi; and the Agency’s Director of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Ogor Oke-Oghene were among the top management staff of WUEDA that accompanied Prince Ejinyere on the visit.
SOURCE: Media Dept, WUEDA
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