Senate Denies Abandoning Ifeanyi Ubah

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The senate has described as untrue, allegations in a news report that it failed to play a role in the burial of one of its former colleagues, Ifeanyi Ubah.
This was contained in a statement by the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, in Abuja yesterday.

He said,  “Contrary to insinuations in some misinformed quarters, the Senate accorded Senator Ubah all honours and rites as a sitting member of the Senate before his burial in Nnewi on Friday.
“For the first time in the history of the National Assembly a whole legislative day was dedicated to paying Tributes to our departed colleague.

“His seat was adorned with the national flag which was huge honour and recognition of his contributions to the senate and the good people he represented.
“The senate did not abandon the late senator and his family right from the moment the news of his death became public knowledge. In fact, the senate commiserated with the people and government of Anambra State over his death.

“The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, it would be recalled, had immediately after the demise of our late colleague was made public, led a high powered delegation of some principal officers and members of the Senate to the Lagos residence of the late Senator to commiserate with his wife and children.
“Almost 100 Senators of the 109 members attended a valedictory session held in his honour, where senators including vice president Kashim Shettima paid tribute to his accomplishments as a, philanthropist, businessman and politician.

“Having done all that in his honour and some sections of the media saw that as an abandonment, it shows that the minds behind the ill-informed story were expecting distinguished Senators to storm Nnewi in a show-off, while mourning the untimely demise of their colleague.”