DOPF Urges Governor Oborevwori To Sign Community Security Corps Agency Bill

THE Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has appealed to Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently assent to the Delta State Community Security Corps Agency Law, 2025, describing it as a crucial step toward tackling rising insecurity across the state.
The appeal was contained in a letter addressed to the governor and jointly signed by the Chairman, Emmanuel Enebeli, and the Secretary, Shedrack Onitsha.
According to them, Delta State is currently facing growing security threats, including repeated attacks on farmers by armed herdsmen, kidnapping for ransom, and other violent crimes that endanger lives, destroy livelihoods, and undermine food production.
They noted that the Community Security Corps Agency Bill—passed by the Delta State House of Assembly on July 22, 2025 was specifically designed to provide a more structured and legally backed framework for grassroots security and community policing.
The legislation, sponsored by the Chairman of the House Committee on Peace and Security, Hon. (Dr.) Isaac Anwuzia, repeals the 2020 version and seeks to establish a fully operational Community Security Corps similar to Amotekun in the South-West. The proposed agency would support intelligence gathering, rapid response, and local enforcement where federal security agencies are overstretched.
While commending Governor Oborevwori for recently assenting to the Delta State Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Cultism (Amendment) Law, 2025, and for launching the Delta State Security Trust Fund, the Forum expressed concern that the Community Security Corps Agency Law has remained unsigned months after passage.
They warned that laws without implementation structures risk becoming mere symbolic documents, citing the Delta State Anti-Open Grazing Law as a precedent that has remained largely inactive despite persistent attacks on farmers.
The group further highlighted fears that criminal elements displaced from the North-East following recent international military operations may migrate to other regions, including the Niger Delta. They argued that Delta State cannot afford a weakened security posture under such conditions.
The letter urged Governor Oborevwori to not only sign the bill but also to immediately activate its operational structures, including recruitment guidelines, training protocols, funding mechanisms, oversight systems, and coordination frameworks with federal security agencies.
They described the bill’s assent and implementation as a “decisive gift” that would reassure Deltans of the government’s commitment to protecting lives, farmlands, investments, and communities.
“As the New Year unfolds,” the letter read, “we respectfully appeal that this law be given urgent attention so that Deltans can be confident that legislation enacted in their name will have real impact, not gather dust on the shelves.”