28th July 2024, NewsOrient, News

As Nigerians continue to mourn the sudden demise of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate Of Labour Party in the 2023 Elections has recalled his last meeting with the departed senator.

A billionaire business magnet, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil.

He was also an influential grassroots politician in Anambra State where he has shown consistent determination to govern as the State Chief Executive. In line with that ambition, his supporters said he was already preparing to contest the state’s governorship election in 2026.

Recalling his last meeting with Ubah,
Obi wrote in his X platform: “I received a rude shock this morning, the news of the death of my dear younger brother, and Senator Representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

“We were all together on July 12, at” a burial in Nnewi, Anambra State.

“Senator Ubah personally welcomed me at the burial and requested that I visit his house for lunch, to which I pleaded with him to reschedule to another date as I already had several engagements for the day.

“During our discussions on the state of the nation, he told me that he now understands my commitment to the progress of humanity and that he aligns with it.

“He assured me that, despite our party differences, we would work together as a family, in serving our people.

“Similarly, despite party differences, I commended him for his contributions to a better humanity through his Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation, via which he cared for the less privileged in society, by investing in their education, and health and pulling people out of poverty.

“I urged him to continue in that direction.

“May God Almighty who called him home at this time, forgive his sins and grant him eternal rest and grant his family, the entire Anambra South Senatorial District; Anambra State; Nigeria; and all of us, the fortitude to bear his sad irreplaceable loss. God Almighty protect and bless his family always – PO.”

A statement Obi Media Reach, made available to NewsOrient said the referred event were Obi and Ubah met last was “at the burial of Mr Chieloka Ubajekwe, the Chief Security Officer of Nnewichi Zone, Nnewi, who was murdered by unknown gunmen.”

Photo Credit: ICIR Nigeria

~ NewsOrient