Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Okowa, has launched Operation Delta Hawk to enhance the security of lives and property in the state.
Inaugurating the new security outfit at its official headquarters in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Governor Okowa said the outfit was a proactive step towards checkmating insecurity in all parts of the state headlong.
According to a statement from the Delta State government, released on Thursday, December 10, the governor said that the challenge of insecurity was already taking alarming dimension.
Operation Delta Hawk comprises of different security agencies and vigilante groups, and their aim is to flush out criminal elements and criminality in all nook and crannies of Delta state.
The governor affirmed that the unity among different security agencies in the state had helped in promoting peacebuilding and the fight against criminal elements and pledged to continue to invest resources into the security sector for the overall development of the state.
Governor Okowa said Delta State being a home for all, was not an avenue for armed herdsmen to cause mayhem, adding that those masquerading as herdsmen with weapons would be given a hot chase and made to face the full weight of the law.
His words: “In Delta state, just like other states of the federation, there is no doubt that a lot of kidnapping still take place, there is a lot of banditry, cultism and it is really getting difficult for us to face and worst still is the clashes between herdsmen and farmers.”
Calling on traditional rulers, religious leaders, youth leaders, and other critical stakeholders to assist the new security outfit, the governor pledged to procure more operational vehicles and other security gadgets by next year.
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