DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has set up a high powered Task Force headed by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba to check the influx, indiscriminate movement and activities of cattle and herdsmen across the State.
At the inauguration of the Task Force, Governor Uduaghan observed that activities of cattle and cattle rearers have posed a new security challenge in the State.
The Governor noted with dismay the extent for which farmers no longer go to their farms, adding that the recent influx of cattle and cattle rearers in the State has posed so much treat since the herdsmen carry assault rifles, engage in armed robberies and other dangerous activities.
He said that the task force also has as members, representatives of the Army, State Security Service, Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, Immigration, Traditional Rulers, Members of the State House of Assembly, Commissioners of Environment, Justice and Local Government Affairs, Council Chairmen, Traditional Rulers, Farmers Council, Northern Communities in the State while the office of the Secretary of the State Government will run the secretariat of the Task Force.
Governor Uduaghan disclosed that the Task Force will monitor the herdsmen and also identify their origin, arrest anyone in possession of fire arms and other dangerous weapons, control the influx of illegal immigrants to the State and hand over identified illegal immigrants to the the State Comptroller of Immigration, check activities of people who occupy uncompleted buildings, and ensure that periodic report of the activities of the Task Force is sent to the State Security Council meeting.
While congratulating members of the Task Force, Governor Uduaghan stated that their job should be handled with all sense of patriotism and dedication.
Responding on behalf of members of the Task Force, its Chairman, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba assured Governor Uduaghan and all Deltans of their safety, noting that the task force will not fail in its responsibility of making the State unsafe for people with sinister intentions.
Delta State Government Press Release
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