The delegation led by
Dr Joseph Otumara said they were in Asaba to condole with the governor and his family on the unfortunate passing of their patriarch.
Speaking through Chief Solomon Areyinka, the itsekiri people said: We have come to condole with you and your family in this trying time. We received the news of the death of your dear father on Thursday, January 28, 2021 with shock. However, we believe that at 88 years of age, he saw life, confronted it head on and conquered. The success of your father s sojourn on earth is an open secret which came in handy as elements of dedication, focus, discipline and love for humanity.
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Angozi commiserates with Okowa over father’s death
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By Festus Ahon, Asaba
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and a former Commissioner of Agriculture in Delta State, Chief Braduce Angozi, Thursday commiserated with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Delta and his family over the demise of their father, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa.
Angozi in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant, Mr Ramsey Ufuomavefe Edigbue said: “It saddens my heart to hear that our father, Pa Okowa is no more. Words cannot express my condolences.
As a matter of fact, Pa Okowa left a very great vacuum particularly for his fatherly roles which most of us benefited from.
By Festus Ahon, ASABA
PUBLISHERS of Vanguard, Mr Sam Amuka, ThisDay, Prince Nduka Obaigbena and The Guardian, Mrs Maiden Ibru, Thursday, paid a condolence visit to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State over the demise of his father, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa, describing him as a caring father who took interest in the education of his children.
Speaking during the visit at Government House Asaba, Prince Obaigbena said the Newspaper Publishers were in Asaba to extend their condolences to the Governor and his family on the glorious exit of their patriarch, adding that; “Pa Arthur Okowa was the last of the originals. And, as you can see, he has taken his children through the field of education.
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APC stalwart mourns Okowa’s father, Delta lawmaker
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Late Pa Arthur Okorie Okowa
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has described the death of the Majority Leader, Delta state House of Assembly, Tim Kome Owhefere(Isoko North), as both shocking and devastating to him.
Similarly, he conveyed his condolences to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on the demise of his father, Pa Arthur Okorie Okowa, who passed away at the age of 88.
Commenting on the death or the lawmaker, Onowakpo, the former Chairman of Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, said he was yet to recover from the psychological trauma of Ewhefere’s passage because they have come a long way together as close friends and political associates.