Be Repentant, Bayelsa Gov Tells AIG Tolani
Sacks Community Youth Body
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has
restated his administration's commitment to
provide more support to security agencies operating in
the state.
Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday when he received
heads of security agencies, including Commander of the Joint Task Force,
Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), Rear Admiral N.M. Madugu, Flag Officer Commanding
Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ahmed Gaya, and the Assistant Inspector
General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 16, Yenagoa, Tolani Alausa, in
Government House, Yenagoa.
The governor assured security agencies across board
that his administration would collaborate with them to protect lives and
property as well as critical national assets on land and the waterways by
providing patrol vehicles, boats and other necessary logistics.
He informed the new OPDS Commander that the task force
had a responsibility to protect critical national, state and community assets
contributing not only to the daily oil production output for the federal
government but also to development and growth of the state
The governor stressed that the partnership between the
state government and the task force had ensured that crime rate in the state
reduced.
He said: "As a government, we are working round
the clock with the security agencies so that our people can sleep with their
two eyes closed and also ensure that national assets are safe for the benefit
of the people and the government.
"Often, it is misconstrued as though these assets
are only for the federal government. Rather, they are for the state,
communities and the federal government. So we must work hand-in-gloves to
ensure they are safe.
"Therefore, it is our responsibility to always
ensure that these critical national, state and community assets are kept safe.”
Responding to the request of the Flag Officer
Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ahmed Gaya, the governor stated that he had signed the
Certificate of Occupancy of the land allocated to the Nigerian Navy at the New
Yenagoa City as well as approved a secondary school at Toru-Ebeni in Sagbama
Local Government Area of the state.
He said the state government was waiting for the naval
authorities to commence development of the land.
The new JTF Commander, Rear Admiral Madugu, stated
that the visit was to formally introduce himself and to solicit the
government’s support to achieve his aim of protecting the critical oil and gas
facilities in his area of operation as well as fulfil the presidential mandate
of increasing oil production to 2.5mbpd.
While promising to work with the Nigerian Police to
maintain peace in the state, Diri admonished AIG Tolani to be repentant and be
more professional in his duties having attained a top position in the force.
The governor, who recalled the role Tolani played when
he was Commissioner of Police in the state during the 2023 governorship
election, said: "Let bygone be bygone and work according to your
conscience. Ensure that you are repentant and do what is right. Your zone
covers Bayelsa and Rivers states and let the interest of both states be
uppermost on your mind."
On disputes among
community youth associations, the state's helmsman wielded the big stick
and announced the dissolution of such
body in Famgbe community in Yenagoa Local Government Area.
He directed the Commissioner for Youth Development,
working with the Commissioner of Police, to ensure a proper election is held in
the community.
The governor also warned that traditional rulers whose
communities were embroiled in conflicts would be sanctioned.
"Every other feuding community, including Ogboinbiri, we are still watching you. I have told all traditional rulers. If you cannot ensure peace in your domain but waiting for my wrath to dangle on you, then both traditional rulers and youth bodies will be sacrificed."
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