By Emma Amaize
WARRI—Flood victims in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the state government to deploy more security operatives in their camps to forestall possible attacks by hoodlums.
They, however, commended the governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, for providing a measure of security for them, lamenting that in the past few days, hoodlums had been harassing them.
Nevertheless, succor came their way when a Warri-based church, Christ Mercyland Ministry, stormed the Bomadi main town camp with 60 bags of rice and N100,000 cash to cushion the hardship of the internally displaced persons, IDPs.
The church also donated 40 and 50 bags of rice respectively to flood camps at Bomadi Over side and Kpakiama, respectively.
In Bayelsa State, the ministry donated 300 bags of rice and N200, 000 to IDPs in Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas of the state.
Presenting the items to the Bomadi flood victims, General Overseer of the church, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, sympathised with the victims and counseled that all hope was not lost.
His words: “We thank God for His mercy because He said we should thank Him in everything that is happening to us. We should remember that we did not create ourselves, hence we should always be thankful to Him”.
Fufeyin, accompanied by pastors and members of the church, however, commended the federal and state governments for responding swiftly to the needs of the displaced persons and called on concerned Deltans and organisations, as well as churches, to come to the aid of the victims.
“We must not forsake the displaced persons because this type of thing could happen to anybody,” Prophet Fufeyin said and prayed that such incident should not happen again.
He declared that the flood would end in the first week of November, adding, “This is the word of God.”
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, represented by the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Paul Oyarede, said he was impressed with the sympathy showed by the church towards the flood victims.
Oyarede described the donation as one of the biggest assistance offered the victims, and prayed God to replenish the pocket from which the money came from.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/save-us-from-hoodlums-flood-victims-beg-uduaghan/
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