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Cholera kills five in Delta, Bayelsa riverside communities
June 21, 2020
Shola O’Neil, Regional Editor, Port Harcourt
Ijaw leaders of Delta and Bayelsa riverside communities have raised the alarm over outbreak of cholera, which have led to the death of no fewer than five persons.
They traced the deaths to a cholera epidemic that resulted from drinking polluted water and eating fishes that apparently died from the pollution after being washed ashore.
The leaders of over 10 communities under the auspices of Committee of Affected Communities of coastal communities, in a meeting with The Nation at the weekend, asked the Federal Government to investigate and sanction the polluters as well as help ameliorate the hardship they suffer.
High Chief Augustine O Seibi (JP), who led the affected communities leaders, said: “It may surprise you to learn that a number of deaths have occurred in several communities as a result of this pollution.
“In Sokoh community, for example, we lost three persons; Johnson Pabebe (M) Adoere Epreyofie (F) and Pa Ogbuma Ingologolo (M). Ekeremor Federated Communities also lost people: Ekerenwei Igenisuode and his wife Yeikonne...
Cholera kills five in Delta, Bayelsa riverside communities
June 21, 2020
Shola O’Neil, Regional Editor, Port Harcourt
Ijaw leaders of Delta and Bayelsa riverside communities have raised the alarm over outbreak of cholera, which have led to the death of no fewer than five persons.
They traced the deaths to a cholera epidemic that resulted from drinking polluted water and eating fishes that apparently died from the pollution after being washed ashore.
The leaders of over 10 communities under the auspices of Committee of Affected Communities of coastal communities, in a meeting with The Nation at the weekend, asked the Federal Government to investigate and sanction the polluters as well as help ameliorate the hardship they suffer.
High Chief Augustine O Seibi (JP), who led the affected communities leaders, said: “It may surprise you to learn that a number of deaths have occurred in several communities as a result of this pollution.
“In Sokoh community, for example, we lost three persons; Johnson Pabebe (M) Adoere Epreyofie (F) and Pa Ogbuma Ingologolo (M). Ekeremor Federated Communities also lost people: Ekerenwei Igenisuode and his wife Yeikonne...