The Delta State Police Command has ordered an intensified security operation across forests, rural communities, waterways, railway corridors and other access routes in the state as part of efforts to curb criminal activities.
Key Highlights:
- The Delta State Police Command has intensified security operations across forests, rural communities, waterways, railway corridors and other access routes.
- Commissioner of Police Yemi Oyeniyi issued the directive during a strategic meeting with police officers, vigilante leaders, forest guards and community security groups.
- The operation aims to strengthen intelligence gathering and deny criminals safe havens across the state.
- Vigilante groups and community security outfits have been directed to operate strictly under police supervision and within the law.
- All suspects arrested by local security operatives must be handed over immediately to the nearest police station.
The directive was issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner of Police, Yemi Oyeniyi, during a strategic security meeting with divisional police officers, patrol and guard officers, leaders of vigilante groups, forest guards and other recognised community security outfits.
The meeting focused on strengthening intelligence gathering and improving coordination among security stakeholders.
According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the police commissioner directed police officers to sustain patrols in forests, rural communities and critical access routes, including roads, waterways, railway corridors and bush paths, to deny criminals safe havens.
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Oyeniyi commended the various local security outfits for supporting the police in maintaining security but stressed that their operations must remain within the confines of the law and under police supervision.
He ordered that the activities of vigilante groups and other community-based security organisations be coordinated through their respective divisional police officers, noting that effective community policing depends on collaboration, regular patrols and timely intelligence sharing.
The police commissioner also warned against human rights violations by local security operatives, including unlawful detention, torture and other forms of dehumanising treatment.
He directed that all suspects arrested by vigilante groups or forest guards must be handed over immediately to the nearest police station for investigation and possible prosecution.
Oyeniyi further urged leaders of the security outfits to sanitise their organisations by identifying and removing members involved in criminal activities or misconduct.
He cautioned them against shielding errant members or allowing community security structures to be used to settle personal grievances.
The commissioner reaffirmed the command’s commitment to partnering with legitimate security groups operating within the law, adding that similar engagements would be replicated across Delta State’s local government areas to enhance intelligence sharing and grassroots security.
