by Rachel Ogbu
Five community leaders have been arrested in Bayelsa State for diverting relief materials meant for flood ravaged communities in 2012.
The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Post Flood Management Committee, Francis Doukpola, spoke in Yenagoa on Thursday that the five community leaders diverted bags of cements supplied by the committee to the communities in their areas.
Doukpola said the leaders were also members of the Community Development Committee (CDC) in Ogbia, Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas when the bags of cement diverted.
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“Out of the 130,000 bags of cement supplied to the over 300 communities affected by the flood, those arrested were discovered to have hijacked most the bags of cement and diverted it for other use,” he reportedly said.
“This is against the spirit of the flood management efforts in the state.”
Doukpola said that a study being conducted by the committee on drainage management in Yenagoa had shown that over 13 water channels had been identified in the state capital. He said that construction of flood gate was being proposed to regulate the inflow of water into the Epie Creek to forestall flood, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
please, to authenticate your claims/update. What are the names of the five community leaders or atleast, what are the five communities. Include the names of the leaders and/or the communities and re-post. That way we know you are telling the truth.