On Thursday, the chair of RobbyDee Global Security Ltd., Edewor Egedegbe, advocated for creating special desk officers in all police stations in the country.

Mr Egedegbe made the call at a one-day security summit organised by the Human Rights Protection Congress (HRPC) at Ekpan Community, Uvwie LGA of Delta.

The event was organised with the Uvwie LGA, the police, and the Delta command.

He said the special desk officers would handle issues of critical concern, such as rape and assault, among others, at the stations.

“There should be a designated officer in all the police stations that will listen to complaints and then refer the matter to the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) who addresses the issue,” Mr Egedegbe. “Also, at the divisional and tactical levels, there should be a quick response approach to issues before they escalate.”

He added, “Security agents alike should do well to prevent conflicts rather than tell citizens, we are on top of the matter.”

The expert, also the chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the HRPC, said that effective security was concerned with a proactive security approach.

He said effective and effective security was the practice of taking measures to predict and prevent security breaches before they ever happen.

Mr Egedegbe said that proactive security teams fixed security gaps before they could be exploited and mitigated their highest risks to stay ahead of potential attackers.

He said the various forms of human security for sustainable development included economic, food, health, environmental, personal, political and community securities.

“There is no doubt that security is everyone’s business because the abovementioned involves or affects both security personnel and non-security personnel,” he said.

Mr Egedegbe said to ensure effective security and sustainable development in society, citizens, community and local leaders, and security agencies must be deeply involved.

Mr Egedegbe said national security was a primary responsibility of the government. He said the government should ensure that the security sector was managed in line with democratic best practices.

In his goodwill message, CSP Aliyu Shaba, the divisional police officer (DPO) of Ekpan division, said that crime had reduced drastically in the Uvwie LGA since his assumption.

He attributed the development to the effective and robust relationship between the police and the community.

“Since I became the DPO, I have recovered a lot of weapons from the hoodlums. To the glory of God, the issues of cultism have reduced drastically in Uvwie. For every gunshot, the community leaders are invited to explain, and that approach is working very well for us,” he said.

Mr Shaba urged any renounced cultist who felt threatened by his fellow member to report to the police for appropriate actions. He urged people to advise their children to abstain from crime, which could either take their lives or get them maimed forever.

The DPO implored the human rights group to continue sensitising people on the dangers of indulging in crime.

(NAN)