Ex-militant group calls on government to step up action for flood victims

Passes vote of confidence on national chairman
Irked by the devastating flood in the Delta region, the executives of the National Coalition of Urhobo-Isoko Ex-Agitators (NCU-IE), has called on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led administration in the state to immediately deploy the machineries of government to rescue victims from the flood, describing the situation as dangerous and morbid.

The Coalition, through her national Secretary, Abraham Ekokotu, also called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to as a matter of urgency rise to the occasion, lest the humanitarian crisis resulting from the flood that has submerged the major parts of the state(Delta) in particular and region in general.

The Figbele-led group said, Ndokwa, Isoko, Patani, Ughelli South, Udu, and other parts of the state, have been submerged by flood, while some schools have been shut down indefinitely.

The group added that the people have lost their means of livelihood to the devastating flood, while calling on government to salvage the situation.

“Our people, as we speak are homeless, farmlands have been flooded, no food and shelter. Governments at all levels should come to the aid of the people of Delta State particularly the worse hit areas.

“We call on NEMA, SEMA and other relevant agencies to rise to the occasion. People need shelter, medical attention and food. They need clothing and the essence of humanity is to help one another. Government should treat the situation in the Niger Delta region as a national emergency,” the group stated.

Also, the Coalition, through her national Secretary, passed a vote of confidence on the group’s national Chairman, General Joseph Figbele.

This was made known in a communique issued at the heels of a well attended critical stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Ughelli, the Headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, South-South, Nigeria.

The group said, ‘General’ Figbele remains it’s national Chairman noting that his office is not, and would not be vacant in the ‘foreseeable’ future stressing that whoever impersonates the Chairman is doing so at his/her peril.

The group also warned members of the public to be weary of transacting business with anyone outside ‘General’ Figbele-led executive, saying whoever engages in any dealing with “questionable character” in the name of the group does so at his/her own peril.

The group also warned that whoever is caught impersonating any of the executive members of the group would be severely be punished accordingly.

The NCU-IE, according to the statement, is a coalition of men and women of integrity who had been through thick and thing in the Niger Delta project.

The group is an umbrella body of ex-militants of Isoko and Urhobo extractions founded with the aim of protecting the interests of ex-agitators and persons and the development of the Niger Delta region. Its a formidable force that interface with governments and critical stakeholders at all levels.