Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday hosted the South-South Governors Forum which resolved to form a regional security outfit to check crimes and criminality in their region.
Mr Okowa revealed the outcome of their talks when he addressed reporters at the end of the meeting in Government House, Asaba.
According to Okowa, the governors agreed that the regional security outfit would help address the numerous security challenges in their respective states.
He said: “I am sure you know the five governors standing here out of the six governors in the South South; We have just finished our governors forum meeting.
“Unfortunately, the Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, was held back in Abuja and could not make it to the meeting.
“We took very far-reaching decisions and I must thank my brothers for attending this meeting.”
Okowa said the forum agreed that the BRACED an acronym for (Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta) Commission would work out the modalities for the security outfit.
“We took decision concerning the BRACED Commission which was established 10 years ago by our colleagues who were governors before we came on board.
“We have decided to restart the commission and ensure we provide the necessary logistics for it to function properly.”
He said the commission would be headquartered in Rivers and that paperwork had begun on it in the past five years.
Okowa said the governors also discussed issues pertaining to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and had asked that President Muhammad Buhari constitute the governing board immediately.
Those who attended the meeting include Okowa, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Godwin Obaseki of Edo.
