The lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ede Dafinone, has advocated for the rebuilding and resettling of displaced indigenes caused by the Okuama crisis, News About Nigeria reports.
He made this call while donating food items worth millions of naira to the people of Okuama, currently at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp at the Ewu-Urhobo community in the locality, on Thursday.
Dafinone urged the Federal and Delta State Governments to, without further delay, commence the process of integrating the indigenes back to their ancestral homes at the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area.
He also appealed to international donor agencies to come to the aid of the troubled Okuama people, noting that the situation at Okuama is an international humanitarian crisis that needs global efforts to rebuild and resettle the people.
According to him, civilians arrested in connection with the killings of soldiers in the community must be respected and not subjected with any form of abuse.
Dafinone, who was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Adelabu Bodjor, and other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), equally called on the authorities of the Nigerian Army to follow democratic principles in dealings with Okuama leaders reportedly arrested earlier this week.
He stated, “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.”
The items presented included two live cows, 100 cartons of Indomie noodles, 20 cartons of Soya oil and four bags of Garri, among others.
