DICKSON APPOINTS SAMUEL BUNAS, OTHERS, INTO STATE VIGILANTE

The Bayelsa State Governor has appointed a former State secretary of the Bayelsa state Peace and conflict resolution committee and the incumbent Mobilisation officer of the IYC central zone, Mr. Samuel Bunas Michael, as the Yenagoa local government area coordinator of the Bayelsa State Vigilante, While Evang. Perkins Ogede is to take charge of all Operations as Chairman.

The Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, stated this on Wednesday during the inaugural ceremony of all Lga's Coordinators, at the State Government house in Yenagoa, he charged them to provide community-based intelligence network on criminal activities across the state and to work closely with the security agencies to consolidate on the gains already achieved in the security sub sector.

The Governor also noted that the Vigilante Coordinators will recruit 3,000 youths from all the communities within the state, to assist government and security agencies in checkmating all forms of criminal conducts, ranging from petty robberies, cultism, pipeline vandalisation, sea piracy to kidnapping.

This is in addition to the 5, 000 already in services of the Bayelsa volunteers.

The Governor, reaffirmed his administration’s decision not to toy with issues on security as it has to do with the lives of people, emphasizing that, the restoration led administration would not condone acts capable of breaching the existing peace in the state.

To this end, Governor Dickson said, his administration would soon provide additional patrol vehicles and other logistics to enhance the operations of the various security agencies in the state.

His words: “This state must be kept peaceful for every human being irrespective of political parties. Everybody knows that we don’t play politics with security. But those who want to hide under politics to disrupt the peace of any community, terrorize people, I’m getting ready to draw a red line.”

“I charge you to work fearlessly and get all the information about what is going on in our communities and in the creeks because we want Bayelsa to remain peaceful. Nobody will be allowed to disrupt the peace of the state. I will tell the Commissioner of Police to deploy a senior officer to work with you as to how you will do your job. Get prepared to identify a minimum of 3,000 youths to work with you from every community in this state.”

Below is the Order of the Bayelsa State Vigilante:

• Mr. Parkins Ogede is the State Chairman

• Mr. Ineifie Ide, Vice - Chairman

• Mr. Ari Fekorigha, State secretary.

Below are the LGA coordinators;

• Mr. Otoru Olayefa, Brass,

• Mr. Oruge Koru, Ekeremor.

• Mr. Lucky Iziri, Kolokuma/Opokuma.

• Mr. Ayebainnaemi Kalango, Nembe.

• Mr. Kodomi Igoniwari, Ogbia

• Mr. Ebedamaowei Sagbegha, Sagbama.

• Mr. Animiyefa John- Southern Ijaw

• Mr. Bunas Samuel Michael, Yenagoa.