Monday, 4 February 2013
Governor Seriake Dickson’s Special Adviser on Security, Benard Kenebai, stated at the weekend that the Bayelsa State special security outfit, ‘Operation Doo Akpo’, arrested about 600 suspects over criminal and related offences in the last one year of the administration.
Kenebai said the 600 suspects were handed over to the appropriate security agency for further interrogation and prosecution in accordance to the criminal laws of the state.
He was briefing newsmen in Yenagoa on the administration’s achievement in the area of security as part of activities marking the first anniversary of the administration.
Kenebai, who is a retired colonel in the Nigerian Army, said the administration acquired 13 armoured patrol boats with a view to securing life and property on the waterways of the state, stressing that government had a constitutional obligation to ensure a secure environment for development.
According to him, the present administration had adopted a proactive approach to security issues because the security situation in the state was hitherto appalling.
He said government had evolved a security strategy code-named Bayelsa Integrated Security Measure (BISM) to comprehensively tackle security challenges in the state.
“Before this administration came on board, there were high incidents of criminal activities in urban and other metropolitan cities of the state”, stated Kenebai at the briefing.
He added: “ Our waterways then were no longer safe as there were reported cases of sea piracy and other related vices. We appreciate the fact that the incidents were not peculiar to Bayelsa State alone but unique in some sense.
“The impact of a state of insecurity is quite obvious. Criminals were taking institutions of government in an open confrontation.
There were reported cases of kidnapping, assassinations and the activities of the amnesty agitators were not left out”
Kenebai said the 600 suspects were handed over to the appropriate security agency for further interrogation and prosecution in accordance to the criminal laws of the state.
He was briefing newsmen in Yenagoa on the administration’s achievement in the area of security as part of activities marking the first anniversary of the administration.
Kenebai, who is a retired colonel in the Nigerian Army, said the administration acquired 13 armoured patrol boats with a view to securing life and property on the waterways of the state, stressing that government had a constitutional obligation to ensure a secure environment for development.
According to him, the present administration had adopted a proactive approach to security issues because the security situation in the state was hitherto appalling.
He said government had evolved a security strategy code-named Bayelsa Integrated Security Measure (BISM) to comprehensively tackle security challenges in the state.
“Before this administration came on board, there were high incidents of criminal activities in urban and other metropolitan cities of the state”, stated Kenebai at the briefing.
He added: “ Our waterways then were no longer safe as there were reported cases of sea piracy and other related vices. We appreciate the fact that the incidents were not peculiar to Bayelsa State alone but unique in some sense.
“The impact of a state of insecurity is quite obvious. Criminals were taking institutions of government in an open confrontation.
There were reported cases of kidnapping, assassinations and the activities of the amnesty agitators were not left out”
Governor Seriake Dickson’s Special Adviser on Security, Benard Kenebai, stated at the weekend that the Bayelsa State special security outfit, ‘Operation Doo Akpo’, arrested about 600 suspects over criminal and related offences in the last one year of the administration.
Kenebai said the 600 suspects were handed over to the appropriate security agency for further interrogation and prosecution in accordance to the criminal laws of the state.
He was briefing newsmen in Yenagoa on the administration’s achievement in the area of security as part of activities marking the first anniversary of the administration.
Kenebai, who is a retired colonel in the Nigerian Army, said the administration acquired 13 armoured patrol boats with a view to securing life and property on the waterways of the state, stressing that government had a constitutional obligation to ensure a secure environment for development.
According to him, the present administration had adopted a proactive approach to security issues because the security situation in the state was hitherto appalling.
He said government had evolved a security strategy code-named Bayelsa Integrated Security Measure (BISM) to comprehensively tackle security challenges in the state.
“Before this administration came on board, there were high incidents of criminal activities in urban and other metropolitan cities of the state”, stated Kenebai at the briefing.
He added: “ Our waterways then were no longer safe as there were reported cases of sea piracy and other related vices. We appreciate the fact that the incidents were not peculiar to Bayelsa State alone but unique in some sense.
“The impact of a state of insecurity is quite obvious. Criminals were taking institutions of government in an open confrontation.
There were reported cases of kidnapping, assassinations and the activities of the amnesty agitators were not left out”
Kenebai said the 600 suspects were handed over to the appropriate security agency for further interrogation and prosecution in accordance to the criminal laws of the state.
He was briefing newsmen in Yenagoa on the administration’s achievement in the area of security as part of activities marking the first anniversary of the administration.
Kenebai, who is a retired colonel in the Nigerian Army, said the administration acquired 13 armoured patrol boats with a view to securing life and property on the waterways of the state, stressing that government had a constitutional obligation to ensure a secure environment for development.
According to him, the present administration had adopted a proactive approach to security issues because the security situation in the state was hitherto appalling.
He said government had evolved a security strategy code-named Bayelsa Integrated Security Measure (BISM) to comprehensively tackle security challenges in the state.
“Before this administration came on board, there were high incidents of criminal activities in urban and other metropolitan cities of the state”, stated Kenebai at the briefing.
He added: “ Our waterways then were no longer safe as there were reported cases of sea piracy and other related vices. We appreciate the fact that the incidents were not peculiar to Bayelsa State alone but unique in some sense.
“The impact of a state of insecurity is quite obvious. Criminals were taking institutions of government in an open confrontation.
There were reported cases of kidnapping, assassinations and the activities of the amnesty agitators were not left out”
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Bayelsa State Government has erected 13 Emergency Response centres to check criminal activities in the state, especially kidnapping.
Our correspondent gathered that the buildings worth millions of naira were supervised by the Ministry of Special Projects, after due consultation with security commanders in the state.
The buildings, our correspondent, learnt were strategically located in various communities and linked to one another by security gadgets.
The Commissioner for Special Projects, Mr. Fred Obua, said when inaugurated the buildings and their installed security equipment would help track criminals.
He said the government deliberately sited the control rooms of the buildings at the entrance of Yenagoa, the state capital, to enable security agencies monitor all activities in the state and respond quickly to any act capable of threatening the peace.
“We have finished the buildings and they are ready for inauguration. When inaugurated, nobody will commit a crime in this state and go free. Nobody will pass the entrance of the star with weapons without being identified and captured”, he said.
Our correspondent gathered that the buildings worth millions of naira were supervised by the Ministry of Special Projects, after due consultation with security commanders in the state.
The buildings, our correspondent, learnt were strategically located in various communities and linked to one another by security gadgets.
The Commissioner for Special Projects, Mr. Fred Obua, said when inaugurated the buildings and their installed security equipment would help track criminals.
He said the government deliberately sited the control rooms of the buildings at the entrance of Yenagoa, the state capital, to enable security agencies monitor all activities in the state and respond quickly to any act capable of threatening the peace.
“We have finished the buildings and they are ready for inauguration. When inaugurated, nobody will commit a crime in this state and go free. Nobody will pass the entrance of the star with weapons without being identified and captured”, he said.
Bayelsa State Government has erected 13 Emergency Response centres to check criminal activities in the state, especially kidnapping.
Our correspondent gathered that the buildings worth millions of naira were supervised by the Ministry of Special Projects, after due consultation with security commanders in the state.
The buildings, our correspondent, learnt were strategically located in various communities and linked to one another by security gadgets.
The Commissioner for Special Projects, Mr. Fred Obua, said when inaugurated the buildings and their installed security equipment would help track criminals.
He said the government deliberately sited the control rooms of the buildings at the entrance of Yenagoa, the state capital, to enable security agencies monitor all activities in the state and respond quickly to any act capable of threatening the peace.
“We have finished the buildings and they are ready for inauguration. When inaugurated, nobody will commit a crime in this state and go free. Nobody will pass the entrance of the star with weapons without being identified and captured”, he said.
Our correspondent gathered that the buildings worth millions of naira were supervised by the Ministry of Special Projects, after due consultation with security commanders in the state.
The buildings, our correspondent, learnt were strategically located in various communities and linked to one another by security gadgets.
The Commissioner for Special Projects, Mr. Fred Obua, said when inaugurated the buildings and their installed security equipment would help track criminals.
He said the government deliberately sited the control rooms of the buildings at the entrance of Yenagoa, the state capital, to enable security agencies monitor all activities in the state and respond quickly to any act capable of threatening the peace.
“We have finished the buildings and they are ready for inauguration. When inaugurated, nobody will commit a crime in this state and go free. Nobody will pass the entrance of the star with weapons without being identified and captured”, he said.
From the facts at our disposal, it is clear that some failed politicians, especially the arrow heads of those who have lost out in the power equation in the state, are working hard behind the scene with some forces outside the state to sponsor kidnapping of innocent citizens in Bayelsa State.
Their aim is not only to scare away investors and stall development, but also to make the state ungovernable and to give the impression that the government of the day is incapable of securing the lives and property of citizens.
The Government of Hon. Henry Dickson has not only given top priority to security, it has also shown enough political will in protecting lives and property in the state.
Indeed, it is clear to all that this Government has been able to turn around Bayelsa State from a haven of cultism, violence and criminality to a State that is clearly adjudged as one of the most peaceful and stable states in the Country.
The passage of the enabling law by government titled: BAYELSA STATE SECRET CULT, KIDNAPPING AND SIMILAR OFFENCES PROHIBITION LAW 2012, which makes it possible to effectively prosecute criminals who run foul of this law.
To this end, the Government of Bayelsa State wishes to sound a clear note of warning to anyone who runs, intends or is induced to run foul of this law.
The law will run its full course on any one or group of persons involved, directly or indirectly in crime and criminality in line with the provisions of the law irrespective of their status.
Let it be stated for the umpteenth time that there will be no sacred cows in the enforcement of law and order. The
era of playing politics with security matters are gone for good and shall remain so.
Government will sustain its zero tolerance on violence and criminality and even more vigorously this year and beyond. Government enjoins all law- abiding Bayelsans to be vigilant and report any act of crime and criminality to law
enforcement agencies.
Government also urges the youths to redirect their energies towards meaningful ventures and take advantage of the free and compulsory education policy of Government to acquire further education and useful skills instead of allowing themselves to be used as tools for crime and criminality.
Parents are also called upon to re-orientate their children and wards on the dangers of cultism, kidnapping and all forms of criminality.
This is a new Bayelsa and disgruntled politicians who think they can play politics with our collective security as a people should be ready to face the full wrath of the law.
Government however wishes to assure law-abiding citizens of their safety and urges them to go about their lawful businesses without fear because all necessary measures have been taken to ensure that Bayelsa State remains safe for all persons who reside in it, including those who come from far and near to do their genuine businesses.
Government wishes to state categorically that there is NO room for criminals and we will certainly make the environment extremely uncomfortable for them and their sponsor
Monday, 28 January 2013
Bayelsa State Government says 90 percent of the ongoing projects including 41 road projects, 18 buildings, a multi million Naira world class Diagnostic Centre and a multi door Court House will be completed and due for commissioning as part of the activities marking Governor Seriake Dickson’s one year anniversary.
Contrary to fears being expressed in certain quarters, all ongoing projects being undertaken by the administration will be completed within its life span.
Conducting newsmen round some of the project sites within and outside the State capital, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr.
Lawrence Ewrudjakpor said the decision to open up the state is aimed at attracting local and foreign investors.
“Our dream is to make Bayelsa the Dubai of Africa. Governor Seriake Dickson has given us the task and it must be accomplished.”
“When we took over, there was nothing to write home about in terms of infrastructure and that is why the Governor was angry to develop the state. All the ongoing projects as well as the ones earmarked for construction would be completed within the tenure of the present administration”.
“The government embarked on this massive construction projects because Bayelsa State is backwards and has nothing to report on unlike its other southern counterparts. Therefore, the target of this administration is to restore the lost glory of the state and make the state measure up to the other states in the southern part and a befitting state capital”.
“Also to ensure and prove that governance in Bayelsa State can have a face contrary to the negative opinion of people that nothing can work in Bayelsa State”.
The commissioner for works in an interview with newsmen, told the people to put away fears of projects being abandoned as the government is conscious of what it is doing and is angrily desirous to develop the state that is why they put in place engineers to supervise the projects.
Some of the road projects as listed by Mr. Ewrudjakpor include the 3 senatorial roads, re-construction and dualisation of Ekoli bridge, Tombia-Etegwe road, expansion of Eradiri road, construction of Bayelsa Airport road and construction of outer ring road.
Also enumerated were the building projects such as the world class Diagnostic Centre located within the premises of the Melford Okilo Memorial hospital, 4 secretariat annexes, Multidoor Court House for the state Judiciary, Nigeria Prison’s Service, Governor and Deputy Governor’s lodges in Yenagoa, Sagbama and Nembe.
Contrary to fears being expressed in certain quarters, all ongoing projects being undertaken by the administration will be completed within its life span.
Conducting newsmen round some of the project sites within and outside the State capital, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr.
Lawrence Ewrudjakpor said the decision to open up the state is aimed at attracting local and foreign investors.
“Our dream is to make Bayelsa the Dubai of Africa. Governor Seriake Dickson has given us the task and it must be accomplished.”
“When we took over, there was nothing to write home about in terms of infrastructure and that is why the Governor was angry to develop the state. All the ongoing projects as well as the ones earmarked for construction would be completed within the tenure of the present administration”.
“The government embarked on this massive construction projects because Bayelsa State is backwards and has nothing to report on unlike its other southern counterparts. Therefore, the target of this administration is to restore the lost glory of the state and make the state measure up to the other states in the southern part and a befitting state capital”.
“Also to ensure and prove that governance in Bayelsa State can have a face contrary to the negative opinion of people that nothing can work in Bayelsa State”.
The commissioner for works in an interview with newsmen, told the people to put away fears of projects being abandoned as the government is conscious of what it is doing and is angrily desirous to develop the state that is why they put in place engineers to supervise the projects.
Some of the road projects as listed by Mr. Ewrudjakpor include the 3 senatorial roads, re-construction and dualisation of Ekoli bridge, Tombia-Etegwe road, expansion of Eradiri road, construction of Bayelsa Airport road and construction of outer ring road.
Also enumerated were the building projects such as the world class Diagnostic Centre located within the premises of the Melford Okilo Memorial hospital, 4 secretariat annexes, Multidoor Court House for the state Judiciary, Nigeria Prison’s Service, Governor and Deputy Governor’s lodges in Yenagoa, Sagbama and Nembe.
Friday, 29 June 2012
OPERATIVES of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) yesterday averted a bloody communal clash between the youths of the Odogwuama and Tamana communities of Oporoma in the Southern Ijaw Local Council area of Bayelsa State over alleged disagreement on the proceeds from stolen crude oil and illegally refined products.The crisis, which had last week escalated and led to exchange of gun fire between youths of the warring communities, led to the visit of the Council Chairman, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe.
Also, the two factional chiefs parading themselves as traditional rulers of the warring communities were sacked.
It was gathered that the crisis was provoked by the struggle for the control of the proceeds from illegal bunkering in the area, a situation which led to the emergence of two youth bodies and traditional rulers for the warring communities.
Following the continued crisis in the communities, operatives of the Joint Military Task Force were deployed in the area to protect oil facilities belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC).On sighting officers of JTF some of the youths escaped while, one person was arrested and some firearms recovered.
Orunimighe at a peace meeting removed the chairmen of the communities development committees and selected compound chiefs to take over the affairs of the villages pending the election of new paramount rulers.
Orunimigha pleaded with the feuding factions in the communities to maintain peace as they could not install a new leadership through violence.
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