The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed sadness over the death of Senator representing Imo North in the senate, Benjamin Chukwuemeka Uwajumogu.
Uwajumogu, before his death yesterday was the senator representing Imo North Senatorial district and a member of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC).
However, Gbajabiamila described the late lawmaker as a committed Senator who put in his best for the country.
The Speaker said Uwajumogu represented his people with absolute dedication to the highest good.
Gbajabiamila stated this in a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi.
He said: “I received with sadness, news of the death of Senator Benjamin Chukwuemeka Uwajumogu. He was a kind gentleman. He was courteous to all who met him. He was kind to friends and strangers alike, and he gave of himself generously to those in need.
“His public service, from his time in the Imo State House of Assembly as a member, and later as Speaker of the Assembly, through to his service in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was never about personal ambition for its own sake.
“He was a man of the people, who served for the people and now, has left a legacy which the rest of us must emulate and surpass.
“My heart goes out to his wife and children, to his extended family, and to his friends, aides and constituents. I pray that God will give them the grace to bear this loss, and grant to the dearly departed, eternal rest. May his kind and gentle soul, rest in perfect peace.”
