During the week, the Delta State Governor, Elder Sheriff Oborevwori; the Ewu IDP camp Committee for displaced Okuama people and some leaders of Okuama held a very fruitful meeting in Asaba. Okuama, you recall is the community in Ewu Kingdom in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State that was destroyed and levelled by the army in the aftermath of the killing of 17 army officers and soldiers in circumstances that still subject of inquiry and investigation.
The governor also assured the Okuama leaders that the reconstruction of Okuama will start this month with the rebuilding of the health centre and the primary school. Someone asked me what about the homes of Okuama people. The governor did not give details.
The first Bishop of Benin Diocese , Bishop Agori Iwe, is from Okuama. Documented history has it that he was born in Okuama, Ewu Kingdom, in 1906, where he also accepted the Anglican Faith at an early age. Ewu-Otor and Okuama indigenes I spoke with cannot recall any oral history where Okuama was tenant to Okoloba or anyone. Where did these women mainly under-60 years get their history from.