The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Senator Okechukwu Ezea, who represented Enugu North, noting that loss of life has been significantly unkind to the tenth Senate.

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Akpabio spoke at a tribute night time held in honour of the late senator at the Nationwide Ecumenical Centre, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Highlighting the heavy toll on the Senate, Akpabio recalled that three serving senators have died in fast succession over the previous two years: Senator Ifianyi Ubah (Anambra South), Godiya Akwashiki (Nasarawa), and now Senator Ezea.

“The final two years have been significantly heavy for us in the Senate. We have misplaced colleagues in fast succession males of mind, braveness and imaginative and prescient.

“Every loss reminds us of our personal mortality and the urgency of service,” he mentioned.

He added, “Simply days to the New 12 months, and solely hours earlier than the clock would usher in one other chapter, loss of life paid one other painful go to.

“It was a merciless reminder that point doesn’t wait for any man… Historical past teaches us that what really endures is just not energy, place, or wealth, however love, compassion, and the good we do for others.

“Politics must not ever make us lose our humanity.”

Senator Nenadi Usman, Interim Nationwide Chairman of the Labour Get together, described Ezea as a principled politician loyal to his occasion till his loss of life.

“Regardless of pressures from numerous quarters, he remained dedicated to the Labour Get together on whose platform he was elected… Till his passing, he remained the solely Labour Get together member in the Nationwide Meeting from Enugu State who, on precept, saved religion with the occasion that entrusted him with that mandate,” she mentioned.

She additionally famous that Ezea’s loyalty to the occasion predated the 2023 elections and recalled his 2007 gubernatorial candidacy beneath the Labour Get together, which showcased his political energy.

Labour Get together presidential candidate Peter Obi supplied condolences to the senator’s household, associates, and colleagues, encouraging them to search out consolation in the legacy he left behind.

The tribute occasion was attended by notable figures, together with former Senate President Ken Nnamani, Senate Chief Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Victor Umeh, and former VON Director Common Osita Okechukwu, amongst others.