This is just as the flood continued to ravage them, destroying homes, farm land, properties and other livelihoods worth several millions of naira.
After over two weeks of neglect and abandonment of flood victims who have been rendered homeless and displaced across Delta State, the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has finally bowed to pressure and commenced visitation to camps of Internally Displaced persons(IDPs).
The governor, who has been carried away with political activities and busy with his vice presidential ambition, on Tuesday, bowed to the pressure of the flood victims especially from the Isoko nation who had accused him of neglect and abandonment.
This is just as the flood continued to ravage them, destroying homes, farm land, properties and other livelihoods worth several millions of naira.
Okowa, SaharaReporters reliably gathered, returned from his Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) presidential campaigns in Kaduna, Kaduna State on Tuesday and embarked on visitation to the IDPs camp in Asaba, the state capital as well as Ogbuafor, Oneh and Ewulu in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state.
Condemnation has trailed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa's insensitivity to the plights of the flood victims and the inability of state flood committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Patrick Ukah, to respond quickly to flood victims as well as rescue and establish camps for Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs), an act affected residents likened to "weakness, wickedness, inhuman and bad governance".
Victims, had also lambasted governor Okowa and accused him of placing more importance on his vice presidential ambition and his party's ongoing campaigns than the lives of Deltans who are being killed and their homes and livelihoods destroyed by the massive flood.
Mostly hit by the flood is Ikpide-Irri riverine community, where the entire agrarian Isoko community had been totally submerged, animals dead, homes, farmland and other livelihoods properties worth several millions of naira destroyed as a result of the overflow from the River Niger into the entire community.
It took the chairman of Isoko South Local Government Area, Victor Asasa, almost a week to send a team of rescuers to evacuate the stranded and trapped victims of the flood at Ikpide-Irri community and abandoned over 80 persons in the community.
SaharaReporters learnt that no local government in the state was spared by the flood as over 10 persons lost their lives.
Meanwhile, another indigene of Ikpide-Irri riverine community, identified as John Kolo has died resulting from the flooding in the community. The deceased, it was gathered was swept away by the flood. The death of John making it two persons who have lost their lives in the flood ravaged community.
It was gathered that, the victim got missing few days ago and his corpse was only discovered on Monday morning floating on the water.