“𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝗗𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀?”

𝗕𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗷𝗲𝗶 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘅 ,𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗼𝗻 +234 803 878 5262

It is both saddening and disappointing that instead of acknowledging the efforts of 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗷𝗲𝗶(𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝘅) 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲?

Wong Box has dedicated over a decade to social justice, humanitarian causes, and human rights advocacy. Through the 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, he has fostered collaboration between security agencies, civil society groups, and concerned citizens to address insecurity proactively. His work is not about seeking attention but ensuring that Delta State remains safe for all residents. Even the 𝐃𝐒𝐒 officers can attest to the impact of his efforts.

To claim that highlighting insecurity is a 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 to the state is a betrayal of the very essence of governance. Ignoring or suppressing the truth will not make crime disappear. It is through acknowledging these issues that solutions can be found. If an official’s loyalty is measured by silence in the face of injustice, then we must ask: Is the government serving the people or merely its image?

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗷𝗲𝗶 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐌𝐒 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐘𝐞𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 ,𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. However, in the face of these threats and criticisms, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤: 𝗗𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀? 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐬.

𝗪𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗷𝗲𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲.