Police issue operational directives in Delta – Tribune Online

The Delta State Police Command, under the leadership of CP Yemi Oyeniyi, on Thursday announced a series of proactive security measures following a comprehensive review of the security situation across the State, aimed at strengthening public safety, preventing crime, and ensuring a peaceful environment for all residents, in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Tunji Disu.

According to a statement made available to Crime Correspondents by the Command’s Spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, in compliance with the IGP’s directive, the Command has commenced massive deployment of personnel across all nine Area Commands, divisions, and other critical points within the State.

The IGP had mandated all Commands to intensify visibility policing, adopt intelligence-led operations, and reinforce community partnership as a strategy for effective crime prevention and control.

The statement further explained that in response to emerging security challenges, the Command has streamlined its operational priorities to ensure a focused and result-driven approach, encompassing the protection of lives and property, maintenance of law and order, prevention of unlawful gatherings, disruption of bandit enclaves and criminal networks, strengthened community engagement for intelligence gathering, and sustained intelligence-led raids on black spots and criminal hideouts.

It added that in furtherance of this, ” the Command is intensifying targeted operations to dismantle kidnapping and herdsmen-related criminal activities in key flashpoints, including Owa-Oyibu, Ogwashi-Uku power line axis, Okpanam, Ashaka, Ovwero in Ughelli North, Umunede, Igbodo, Idumusa, Ute, and other border communities across the State, to dislodge criminal elements, restore public confidence, and secure all entry and exit corridors within Delta State.

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The statement further added that the Commissioner of Police has also directed all Area Commanders to immediately convene stakeholders’ town hall meetings within their respective areas of responsibility, as part of efforts to strengthen community engagement, enhance intelligence gathering, and foster collaborative approaches to addressing security challenges across the State.

It explained that the Command urged members of the public to remain vigilant and promptly report any suspicious movement or security breach through the Control Room numbers: 08036684974, 08114895600, and 08025666914.

“Additionally, the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) lines: 0915570008, 09066575187, 09064308018 and 09011112311 (WHATSAPP) are available specifically for members of the public to report cases of police misconduct, and any form of rights violation, it added.