By Omon-Julius Onabu
The remains of the former Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly and ex-acting governor of the state, Hon. Sam Obi, were yesterday committed to mother earth at Ute-Okpu, his hometown in Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking at the funeral for the late Sam Obi, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa expressed sadness at the death of the politician and founder of Oracle of God Christian ministry, describing former Delta House speaker as a focused and courageous man who contributed immensely to development of the state.
The governor, however, said that it was a thing of joy that the deceased had laudable records of achievement in addition to being a Christian minister.
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Delta State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has backed Southern Governors on restructuring and ban on open grazing of cattle in the Southern part of the country.
ALGON chairman in the state, who is also the Chairman of Ika North East Local Government Area, Mr. Victor Ebonka, while briefing journalists at the monthly meeting yesterday, lamented that Southern farmers were losing millions of naira to the plundering of food crops through encroachments on farmlands and exposing the region to famine and acute food scarcity.
He urged the governors to match their resolutions with actions, saying: “enough is enough of these criminal herdsmen who have been terrorising our people.