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Sunday, July 25 2004 Search : Vol 17 No.30

News Opinion Features Sports Chic Columnists Faith Personage Magazine Interview Business Week Sunday Politics Ecowas Report Family Line Bozimo flays N.Delta leaders over crises CAJETAN MMUTA, Asaba COMMUNITY leaders in the crisis-torn Niger Delta area have been criticised for always fanning the embers of conflict in the zone, and only them can lead the way towards permanent solution to the crisis there. Minister of Police Affairs Chief Brodericks Bozimo who slammed the leaders weekend for their lack of commitment to resolve the crisis, announced government’s donation of 17 new marine boats totalling N99 million for effective policing of the creeks and riverine communities in the Niger Delta region. Chief Bozimo at a press conference in Asaba, said government is desirous to establish an intensive training command to meet the security exigencies of the area. The minister explained however that the exercise was on-going with the launch of its first phase in Port Harcourt Rivers State Thursday, adding also that 13 of the boats were purchased in their new brands while three were acquired from the local markets but are of customized standards. He said the nation at present harbours 21 commands with marine topography, stressing further that apart from the commencement of police marine exercise in the Niger Delta area, the gesture would be extended to other areas where the operations of the command would mostly be needed. Such places he listed as boundary areas of Lokoja in Kogi State, Yola in Adamawa State and a host of others apart from the southern states. The strategy according to him is to checkmate the incursion of gendarmes from Cameroun in cross border attacks and related criminalities along Nigeria’s border areas. While deploring unemployment rate amongst youths in the Niger Delta region, the minister said government was not unaware of the challenge but assured that steps are urgently being devised to put the recurring ugly trend to rest. On efforts to reorientate the minds of officers of the Nigeria Police Force to attain complete professional excellence the minister stated that an independent monitoring unit approved by President Olusegun Obasanjo has been fashioned out to scrutinize the activities of police commands and their personnel. The minister further blamed community heads and opinion leaders in the Niger Delta region for not doing enough to save the situation in the areas. He argued that the neglect had forced the despatch of military task force "Operation Hope" to the crisis ridden areas of the region. He however said the new look marine force would replace the presence of the current task force.

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