By Ovasa Ogaga,
The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently assent to and implement the Delta State Community Security Corps Agency Law, 2025, citing rising security concerns across the state, especially the rise in headers attacks on farmer in the State.
In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Emmanuel Enebeli, FCIISM, MNIPR, and Secretary, Shedrack Onitsha, FCIISM, MNIPR, the forum expressed concern over what it described as the growing incidence of “persistent attacks on farmers by armed herdsmen, cases of kidnapping for ransom, and other violent crimes that now threaten livelihoods, food security, and public confidence in governance.”
DOPF said its appeal was motivated by “a deep sense of responsibility and patriotic concern over the growing security concern in Delta State,” particularly at the grassroots level.
According to the forum, the Community Security Corps Agency Law was passed by the Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, after “due legislative process and third reading,” but is yet to receive the governor’s assent.
The law, sponsored by Hon. (Dr.) Isaac Anwuzia, Chairman of the House Committee on Peace and Security, repeals the 2020 version and was designed to provide “a more robust, structured, and legally grounded framework for community-based policing and grassroots security across the state.”
The forum explained that the intention of the House was “to strengthen Delta State’s security architecture by establishing a formal Community Security Corps Agency that can complement conventional security agencies, improve intelligence gathering, and respond swiftly to local security threats that federal forces alone are overstretched to handle.”
While acknowledging Governor Oborevwori’s assent to the Delta State Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Cultism (Amendment) Law, 2025, and the establishment of the Delta State Security Trust Fund, DOPF noted that the Community Security Corps law provides “the operational backbone for effective grassroots security enforcement.”
It also referenced the Delta State Anti-Open Grazing Law, observing that despite its enactment in the previous dispensation, enforcement challenges have persisted amid continued reports of attacks on farmlands.
The forum further pointed to emerging security dynamics, warning that criminal elements displaced from other regions could seek refuge in areas perceived as less fortified if proactive measures are not taken.
DOPF urged that assent to the law should be accompanied by clear implementation measures, including “recruitment guidelines, training standards, funding mechanisms, oversight frameworks, and coordination protocols with existing security agencies.”
The forum expressed the view that activating the law would reinforce public confidence and demonstrate the administration’s commitment to protecting lives, investments, and communities across the state.
