By JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT— NO fewer than eight victims of the flood disaster in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, have died at their camps.
Deputy Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the State Flood Relief Committee, Tele Ikuru, whoannounced this yesterday in Port Harcourt, said the government would not hesitate to sanction any traditional ruler caught diverting relief materials meant for victims.

According to the Deputy Governor, there are reports that some traditional rulers and community leaders were diverting relief materials meant for victims in camps in their domains.
Ikuru urged traditional rulers and leaders in communities affected by the flood to work with government officials to effectively distribute the relief materials.

He said: “It is absurd for chiefs and leaders of some communities to bring their chieftaincy and communal problems to the camps, and engage in favoritism and criminal diversion of relief materials meant for the flood victims. Such acts of criminality will not be condoned henceforth, and defaulters will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
The deputy governor implored the Federal Government to increase the amount penciled down for the state by the FederalGovernment to mitigate the plight of victims of the flood disaster. According to him, the N300 million earmarked for the state is too small to make any impact

source http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/8-die-in-rivers-relief-camps-for-flood-victims/

the usual...wickedness and corruption at all levels. no surprise Atall

God save them!

Omg..... may their soul rest in peace we neva experience such in Delta State and neva pray for such..Amen

God na ur face we dey look to come help us o!

mitwitdot: the usual...wickedness and corruption at all levels. no surprise Atall

We no get government at all,na wicked animals full there

Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

Look at this piece of wickedness. The government should be blamed. How can they give relief to all those stupid and wicked traditional leaders. Why are their wickedness in the land

Nigerian leaders are always blaming other people for their failures.

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

What is your problem? Ahoada dont even claim that they are Igbo.

terrible is all gat to say. God have mercy.

It's obvious they died out of the carelessness and indifference of the leaders...ihe neme! Everywhere u go,corruption and insensitivity speaks volumes.

ogusbaba1: Omg..... may their soul rest in peace we neva experience such in Delta State and neva pray for such..Amen

hope u know say dem catch one woman dey thief tomatoe and meat for camp 4 delta.

Its a pity.
Corruption at all level.

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

When Ahoada bcome igbo,if u don't know wat 2 say y not read and waka pass,anyway its not d traditional rulers alone that are involved in this both the council leaderr and his secretary diverted relief aids meant 4 the flood victims,

ohh what a sad story

Imagine a leader saying N300 million is not enough to provide relief materials to people, last time i checked that was almost $2 million, that would do wonders in places like Haiti and south sudan, but not Nigeria. God can we continue like this in NIgeria.

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

to the typical dumb Yoruba, everybody that is not hausa and in the south or east is Igbo.

ochallo:


to the typical dumb Yoruba, everybody that is not hausa and in the south or east is Igbo.

U just took d words out of ma mouth.. D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ are so dumb they tink they are smart.. Since when did Rivers State become igbo?

May dia soul rest in perfect peace. A sad news indeed to d families they left behind.... May God almighty give dia families d fortitude to bear d loss.

hmmm... God iz diz d end of d world??

Anybody can shout wickedness but fail to notice d wickedness they perpetrate

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

If your ignorant of an issue, you don't have to comment. Rivers is not an Igbo state

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

U must be very stupid for typing such. Y r u people alwys attaching tribe to everything in dis country?? FYI Ahoada is nt IBO.

@ poster: too bad! Height of wickedness. God help us.

This country is damn full of greedy and hungry people.

idowuswap: Igbo don they kill themselves becus of money again they want money by all means

And who said Ahoada is igbo? Idowu pls get a life. *mtchweeeeee*