Gov Diri Hails Security Agencies For Bayelsa Low Crime Rate

-

 Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended security agencies for the prevailing peace and security in the state, saying it is attributable to their commitment and collaborative efforts.

Senator Diri, who gave the commendation during the state's 6th Security Council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, noted that it was the result of their hard work and cooperation with the state government that Bayelsa is adjudged one of the states with the least crime rate in the country.


His Chief Press  Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a press release quoted the governor as applauding the service commanders of the various security forces for taking proactive measures at ensuring zero tolerance for criminal activities such as kidnapping, sea piracy and cultism in the state.


His words: "Let me thank all of you, particularly the service commanders, who have played significant roles in enforcing law and order in line with our policies on security.


"The kind of insecurity in other parts of the country, when compared to our state, you would notice that Bayelsa is one of the states with the least crime rate in the country."


The governor announced the arrest of a syndicate in Yenagoa, the state capital, masquerading as a government task force but specialises in abducting and defrauding citizens. 


"I like to announce that because of their dedication to duty, the service commanders tracked down some members of the syndicate and they have been arrested. Confessions have been made and interrogation is ongoing."


He urge youths to key into empowerment schemes provided by the state and federal governments to better their lot.


On the recent upsurge in sea piracy activities on the waterways in the Nembe and Brass routes, the governor said his administration has put the security on alert in the area.


According to him, the Special Advisers on Security in collaboration with the service commanders have constituted a team that patrols the Nembe/Brass axis to ensure safety of commuters.


"Crime and criminality do not have any political party face. It has no face of PDP or APC. A criminal remains a criminal. For us as a government, it is zero tolerance to crime."  





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fayemi Defrays #31 Billion Debt Inherited From Fayose

-
Image
·        …Says 2020 ‘ll be year of life-changing projects Posted by Tony Okechukwu Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday disclosed that his administration has defrayed #31,105, 658,370.89 amounting to 26% of the total debt inherited by his administration from the immediate past government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose. Delivering a state of the State address at the State House of Assembly, the governor said the sum was expended to defray salaries, pension, gratuity, subvention arrears and contractual claims and obligations owed by Fayose. Fayemi however assured that despite the burden of inherited debts, the year 2020 would witness a massive commissioning of projects and institutionalizing of more life-changing programmes. The governor who described the failure of the immediate past government to meet its obligations to workers and pensioners as a violation of fundamental human rights stated that his administration is focusing ...
Read more

GOs Protest Fraudulent Election Results in Bayelsa

-
Image
Posted By Tony Okechukwu Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said an...
Read more

Attorny General of the Federation Clears Rift between Rival Factions of IPMAN

-
Image
By Desmond Ogudu There was wild jubilation across the rank and file of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) nationwide as the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami in a landmark judicial release cleared the lingering ambiguity in the Supreme Court judgment of 14th December 2018. Addressing a cross-section of marketers from the Western and Northern Zones who paid him a solidarity visit, the National Deputy President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Alh. Debo Ahmed, began with congratulating His Excellency Pres. Muhammadu Buhari on his 2nd term inauguration in office and pledged the total support of the IPMAN towards his administration’s goal and objectives. He went further to assuring the teeming marketers of the Association's commitment in ensuring a total transformation in the oil and gas down stream sector of the economy. Speaking on behalf of the National President of IPMAN, ...
Read more