Following the recent attacks by herdsmen in some parts of the country, the Commissioner, Delta State Police Command, Alhaji Mustafa Muhammed, has said that the officers and men of Nigeria police force, Delta Command is on alert to maintain peace and order in all parts of the State.
The Delta State Police boss has called on any person with credible information about any threat to security of any kind to furnish the police or other security agencies with such information.
This was contained in a press release signed by DSP Andrew Aniamaka, Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command and was made available to CEOAFRICA on Thursday 25th January, 2018.
The Police Commissioner, made the call following a video circulating on the social media that some Fulani herdsmen have arrived Asaba by three flying boats through the River Niger and that they were seen with suspected firearms.
“The attention of Delta State Police Command has been drawn to a video circulating on the social media to the effect that some Fulani herdsmen have arrived Asaba by three flying boats through the River Niger and that they were seen with suspected firearms.
“The Command wishes to state that on Sunday, 21st January, 2018 at about 3pm, some herdsmen arrived Asaba bank of the River Niger in three flying boats with their cattle.
“On receipt of the information, members of the Committee on Herdsmen/ Farmers recently inaugurated by the Police Command, led by its chairman Chief Cassidy N. Iloba, Senior Special Assistant on Security to the State Governor, interrogated the herdsmen, and thereafter they returned to Kogi State where they came from. It is necessary to clear that none of the herdsmen was found with firearms.”
Stating that one Alhaji Katti, who has been a resident herder in the area for the past three decades, is the only one remaining there, the police boss said that he has however been warned and bounded over not to harbor any migrant herdsmen forthwith.
Stressing that the Command in conjunction with Herdsmen/Farmers Committee is working assiduously towards ensuring peaceful coexistence between herders and farmers in the state, the Commissioner advised the public to be vigilant and furnish the police or other security agencies with credible information about any threat to security of any kind rather than using the social media to cause unnecessary panic amongst the people.
