Now That Okuama Is ‘Free’, by Francis Ewherido

I took interest in what has become Okuama tragedy since March 14, 2024, when the 17 officers and soldiers were killed. I remembered Zaki Biam and Odi. I feared the worse and the worse came to pass. The military levelled Okuama and sent indigenes scampering in various directions for their lives. As a result of the fact that I am an indigene of Ewhu and my media background, I got some information before others. Some friends and people who knew me took interest in the Okuama matter.

I got to Ikeja and got stuck in a gridlock. With no headway, I headed home to Surulere in the opposite direction. My aunt I was living with had a landline. I wrote my story and called the office to transmit it, but they were not hearing me. After a long try, I gave up. The next day, no newspaper carried the story, if my recollection is true. I narrated my ordeal to immediate boss, Mr. Chris Mammah, who was the assistant news editor then. I was expecting consolation.

Anyway, as the chief security officer of Delta State, Oborevwori was only doing the job he applied for and got, so no thank you. But as an Ewu man, we say that when someone comes back from his own farm, you greet him “doooo,” which means welcome or you have done well. Governor, doooo! But now the real work begins. I know some Okuama people are in a hurry to go back home. That is understandable, but not advisable. Right now Okuama is uninhabitable.

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