Bayelsa Government Signs Bill on Community Safety Corps

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has signed into law the Community Safety Corps Bill passed by the House of Assembly to streamline operations of the state security outfits.

Diri made the assent on Tuesday while inaugurating the patrol vans and the motorbikes for the state security out, Operation Doo Akpo at the Peace Park, Yenagoa, the state capital.

He said the new law brings the operations of security outfits such as the Operation Doo-Akpo, Bayelsa Volunteers and the Bayelsa Vigilantes under one umbrella.

The Governor maintained that the exercise was to reinvigorate the security architecture of the state to make it more efficient and effective in crime-fighting.