* Calls on FG, Delta, to commence rebuilding process The senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ede Dafinone, Thursday, presented food items worth millions of naira to the people of Okuama currently in the Ewu-Okuama Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Ewu-Urhobo community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Delta Central lawmaker also called on the Federal Government to work with the Delta State government and commence the process of rebuilding and resettling the people of Okuama in their ancestral home. He also appealed to international donor agencies to come to the aid of the Okuama people, noting that the situation at Okuama is an international humanitarian crisis that needs global efforts to rebuild and resettle the people.
He equally called on the Nigerian Army to follow democratic principles in dealing with the Okuama leaders arrested this week, stressing that the rights of the civilians arrested must be respected and they should not be subjected to any form of abuse, rather, they should be brought to civil court to answer any allegations against them. Dafinone, who presented two live cows, 100 cartoons of Indomie noodles, 20 cartons of Soya oils and four bags of Garri, vowed not to rest on his oars until Okuama is rebuilt and the indigenes are returned to their ancestral homes. According to him, “This is not one visit or one-stop matter as the plight of those that have been displaced must .