Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has offered to assist Kate Dekpe, a resident of Oviri-Agbarho, a submerged community in Delta state.
Speaking to Quest News in a video, Dekpe narrated, in pidgin English, how she lost her birds to the disaster.
“The flood started gradually. When It first started, I thought it affected just my neighbour. I did not know it will get to my house,” Dekpe said in pidgin.
“As I am speaking to you right now, I lost over 300 fowls. Please, let the government come to our aid.”
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After seeing the video, Omokri picked interest in Dekpe’s use of pidgin English which he described as “most poetic l dialect I have ever heard in the English language.
“Can you help me identify this woman. I want to financially assist her, not because of the loss she suffered from the flood, but because her pidgin English is the most poetic l dialect I have ever heard in the English language. Send her details to [email protected],” he wrote on Twitter.
Can you help me identify this woman. I want to financially assist her, not because of the loss she suffered from the flood, but because her pidgin English is the most poetic l dialect I have ever heard in the English language. Send her details to [email protected] #RenosNuggets pic.twitter.com/aYUZzy5xOo
Advertisement— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 16, 2018
On Thursday, Omokri announced that he had been able to reach Dekpe.
In a video he posted of her, Dekpe said she would open a bank account and make public her details, while urging well meaning Nigerians to help her.
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I have found her!!! The lady with the poetic pidgin English. Her name is Kate Dekpe. She lost almost all her earthly possessions, but she did not lose her grit. I have asked her to open an account in her name. When she does so, I urge all my followers to donate #RenosNuggets pic.twitter.com/WOlHAVTpSD
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 17, 2018
These are the account details of Kate Dekpe, the poetic pidgin speaker whose viral video went I released yesterday. She has opened an account. Please help her with your donations. She lost almost all she had in that flood, but we can flood her with God’s love #RenosNuggets pic.twitter.com/C5gmYQDbCv
Advertisement— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 17, 2018
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