■ Says, not involved in burial programme

FROM CHUKS ONUOHA, UMUAHIA.

Abia State govern­ment was con­spicuously absent yesterday at Ngo­do Isuochi, Umunneochi Local Government Area, the country home of one of the departed great Igbo sons, distinguished Sena­tor Uche Chukwumerije .

The Special Assistant to Governor Theodore Orji on Political Matters, Chief Ama Abraham, said that Chuk­wumerije’s family did not carry the government along with their burial arrange­ment.

However, an impeccable government source told Sat­urday Sun that the major reason why the government was absent at the burial was because they alleged that Chukwumerije was a secret member of APGA, who part­ly funded APGA campaigns. Our source further said that the government considers such as, anti-party activity and so resolved not to get in­volved in his burial.

“They would not come, even if they had been invited, it is sad that this government also extended their hatred to the dead”, the anonymous government source told Sat­urday Sun in Umuahia.

Late Chukwumereije rep­resented Abia North in the Senate .

The Prelate of the Meth­odist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Uche, in his sermon titled, “Judgement”, at the Wesley Cathedral, Ngodo, described the late senator as a man who prepared for death by recon­ciling with members of his family six days to his death, unlike many who die unpre­pared, saying that every ac­tion of man shall be judged by the all seeing God.

“He condemned corrup­tion and urged Nigerians to be united against it, saying that it has so permeated the society that everywhere from home to offices and church­es, corruption has taken over. He said a situation where National Assembly mem­bers were paid N300million without projects to show for it. The prelate commended President Jonathan for con­ceding defeat, which he said was an answer to the prayer of the church for peace in the country . He called on the President –elect, General Mohammadu Buhari, to en­sure that the change prom­ised is actualised. “It beats my imagination how a sena­tor can take home N300mil­lion; its stealing. You should slash every salary by half, so that we can reduce unem­ployment in Nigeria.

“We not only have armed robbers, we also have pen robbers at the state and na­tional levels; if you continue like this one day there will be a revolution and you will stand at judgment seat of God,” the Prelate said.

He said further that late Chukwumereije built the Wesley Cathedral to lift the financial burden off the members of the church, de­scribing him as gentle, ami­able, accessible and a team player.

Prelate Uche reminded the people that hell was real and urged them to mend their ways before it was too late.

Senate President, Senator David Mark in his remark , said that the red chamber would miss late Chukwu­mereije.

He described his death as a big loss, stating that the valedictory session held in his honour last Wednes­day was unusually attended by about 85 senators at a time the senate has not re­corded up to 80 members in attendance.”He was a par­liamentarian per excellence,” Mark said.

First son of Chuk­wumerije, Mr. Che Chika Chukwumereije,in his trib­ute described his late father as the best father, saying it was the height of fulfilment for a man who rose to the highest echelons of the Biaf­ran struggle to repeat the feat many years later in the Nige­rian government. He said this was a testament of his per­sonal qualities and commit­ment to public service. All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate in 2015 governor­ship election in Abia State , Dr Alex Otti said the death of Sen. Chukwumerije has left a vacuum that will take ages to fill in the socio-political land­scape of the Igbo nation, nay Nigeria.

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that's bad

However, an impeccable government source told Sat­urday Sun that the major reason why the government was absent at the burial was because they alleged that Chukwumerije was a secret member of APGA, who part­ly funded APGA campaigns. Our source further said that the government considers such as, anti-party activity and so resolved not to get in­volved in his burial.

Even at death....... They still hold such kind of grudges against this man. After all he has done for PDP......


Why can't they bury the dead and allow the sleeping dog lie

The Prelate condemned stealing and the huge salary collected by elected officers,yet commended the late senator for building him a cathedral, that's irony. Of course, the money for building the cathedral came from his constitutional development allocations. Afterall, he was a senator for more than 12 years.