IGP conducts aerial surveillance of creeks in Delta State

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, Friday, disclosed that he has already conducted on-the-spot assessment and evaluation of security situation in some flash points in the creeks of Delta State.
A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, DCP Donald Awunah, quotes the IGP as making the disclosure during a courtesy call to the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, IGP Idris said that one of the strategies to tackle crimes in the country will be the formation of Eminent Persons Forum in collaboration with State Governments and various communities.
The Eminent Persons Forum, according to Idris, will be engaged in conflict resolution arbitration.
The Governor who used the opportunity to congratulate the IGP on ‘his well deserved appointment’ also promised to cooperate and assist the police chief in the task of crime management.
The IGP who was accompanied on the visit by the Commissioner of Police in charge Police Mobile Force, Commissioner of Police in charge Border Patrol, Heads of Operational and Tactical Teams as well as the Commissioner of Police, Delta State conducted aerial surveillance/patrol of some riverine communities, which include Ugborodo, Madawo, Oparaza and Camp Five.
IGP Idris held interactive session with elders, youths and members of Ugborodo and Oparaza communities, admonishing them to be law abiding and cooperate with law enforcement agencies by exposing criminal element in their communities.
He assured the communities that the Police under his leadership will engage every community in accordance with international core values of policing with integrity, respect diversity, operate within the principles of democratic policing and cultivate the culture of professionalism.
The Community Leaders assured the IGP of their unalloyed support, cooperation and active partnership.