Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has convened a state security summit in Asaba, bringing together military commanders, police leadership, local government chairmen, traditional rulers, civil society groups, and the business community to build the cross-institutional information sharing and coordination framework he described as the essential foundation of any effective security architecture.
Oborevwori told the summit that security was the foundation of every prosperous society and that without peace and stability economic growth slowed, investment declined, and communities could not thrive. He said the theme of collective responsibility was deliberate because neither government nor security agencies could solve the problem alone, and that traditional institutions, religious bodies, businesses, and individual citizens all had critical roles to play.
He disclosed that his administration had restructured and strengthened Operation Delta Sweep, the state’s joint security outfit, and that the State Executive Council had approved construction of divisional police headquarters in all 25 local government areas in preparation for state police. He said additional operational vehicles and security equipment were being procured and that training and retraining of personnel was ongoing. He appealed directly to residents to report suspicious activities, saying criminal networks thrived in silence and that timely information from communities had been central to the security gains the state had already recorded. Military commanders present praised the governor’s consistent support for security agencies and his intervention in defusing tensions surrounding the Warri Federal Constituency ward delineation dispute. The Commanding Officer of 63 Brigade said kidnappings and violent crime in the state had reduced considerably as a result of improved government-community-security agency collaboration, and described the summit as an important investment in sustaining that progress.
