- Akpabio mourns senators’ deaths in quick succession
- Senate shaken by losses over the past two years
- Ifeanyi Ubah’s sudden death recalled as shocking
- Tribute held for late Senator Okechukwu Ezea
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, said the National Assembly is still struggling to cope with the wave of deaths that has hit the Senate in recent years, describing the period as one of the most troubling in the legislature’s history.
Akpabio spoke at a Night of Tributes organised in honour of the late Senator Okechukwu Ezea, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District, held at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja.
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Lawmakers, political leaders, and family members gathered at the event to pay their final respects to the deceased senator.
Speaking on behalf of the 10th Senate, Akpabio said the repeated loss of colleagues had left the Red Chamber heartbroken.
“For the Senate, we cannot be consoled,” Akpabio said.
“The last two years have been very tumultuous for us. We lost three senators in quick succession.”
He recalled the sudden death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, describing it as one of the most shocking moments the Senate has experienced.
“We lost a very eminent Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, in the United Kingdom,” Akpabio said.
“He wasn’t sick. He travelled to London and even did a live stream while his children were at the airport. The next day, his wife called to announce his death.”
According to the Senate President, the incident was a reminder of how fragile life is, regardless of power or position.
“It is a lesson to the rest of us that we should take life easy, even in politics,” he added.
“We should try our best to live in peace with God.”
Akpabio described the death of Senator Okechukwu Ezea as another painful blow to the legislature, stressing that no lawmaker seeks election with the expectation of dying in office.
“Nobody would want to contest an election to be a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, only to die,” he said.
“Just as the news of Senator Ezea’s death shocked his family and community, it also