AS support continues to flow the way of ravaged Okuama Community in Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, the immediate past President General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Olorogun Moses Taiga and UPU Ireland have presented relief materials worth millions of Naira to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp.
The donors said the gesture was to support efforts of the Delta State Government in bringing succour to the IDPs and the people of Okuama Community in their difficult moments.
Recall that Okuama indigenes have been homeless since March 2024 after soldiers of the Nigerian military carried out a reprisal attack on the community following the gruesome murder of 17 military personnel by unknown gunmen around the community.
Following the incident, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori established IDPs camp to temporarily house the displaced Okuama residents pending the rebuilding of the town.Olorogun Taiga and UPU Ireland made the donations at two separate ceremonies at the IDPs Camp in Ewu town in Ughelli South.
Presenting the food items including a live cow, bags of rice and others to the chairman and officials of the IDPs Management Committee, Olorogun Taiga commended Governor Oborevwori and private individuals for providing support to the people of Okuama.
The Urhobo leader, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant, Chief Kenneth Young, said he stands in solidarity with the people of Okuama community in this difficult period of their lives.
Olorogun Taiga said, “First, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our Governor, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Elder Sheriff F.O. Oborevwori, for his decisive and compassionate leadership in establishing this humanitarian camp here in Ewu Town.
“In the darkest hours, when the people of Okuama were in desperate need of refuge, your swift action provided them with a haven, restoring hope amidst their despair.
In the same vein, the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Ireland Branch, also donated relief materials to the Ewu-Okuama IDP Camp for the feeding of the displaced persons.
Among the items donated by the UPU Ireland include bags of rice, bags of beans, cartons of fish, gallons of groundnut and red oil, bags of garri and 50 tubers of yam.
President of UPU Ireland, Chief Richard Iyede, told the camp officials and the IDPs that Urhobos in Ireland are greatly pained by the plight of Okuama people and had decided to donate the food items to help alleviate their sufferings.
