Crimes: Diri advises communities to put up local vigilantes in Bayelsa

The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has ordered the leadership and stakeholders of communities in the state to up local security groups to complement the efforts of conventional security personnel to ensure the proper security of their domains.

The charge was given by the deputy governor of the state, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, while granting audience to some stakeholders of Ovom Community in Government House, Yenagoa on Tuesday, stating that the move would enable the government to improve on the prevailing peace and security in the state.

He urged residents to always see security as a collective responsibility, adding that the current administration in the state would spare no effort in making Bayelsa the safest state in the country where meaningful business and social activities would thrive unfettered.

Ewhrudjakpo, advised the vigilantes in the various communities to volunteer actionable information to security agencies and also take deliberate steps to curtail the activities of cultists and other criminal elements.