Okowa, Peter Obi, Uduaghan, Obaseki, Igbinedion Attend William Ibori’s Funeral Rite

..As the late Senator David Dafinone Is Buried

It was a day of honours on Friday for the late Chief William Ibori, the eldest brother of former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori as  incumbent Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa was joined by his predecessors, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and Chief James Ibori to bid him farewell.

At the Oghara Township Stadium to honour the eldest Ibori who passed on July 12, 2018 at the age of 76 years, were Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, former Deputy Governor Benjamin Elue as well as personalities from different parts of the world

The eldest Ibori was interred at his residence in Oghara after the day of tribute at the stadium. Okowa who led other prominent Nigerians to paid glowing tribute to the late Ibori, described him as a peacemaker and stabiliser.

According to him, “together, we mourn this afternoon, we mourn because, he died suddenly, Oghara is our political base, and he was a father to all of us who visit our leader, Chief James Ibori in Oghara; he played a major role in my becoming the Governor of Delta State.”

“I will forever remain grateful to Chief William Ibori; he was a great man and he was a member of the Delta State Advisory Council; we know that he has played his role as a father and a community leader; we pray that God will console the family,” Governor Okowa said.

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Also making his tribute at the occasion, immediate past governor, Dr Uduaghan, said the deceased “was a pillar in this state, a great adviser, and severally, we called on him to settle dispute in any part of Delta State..”

Former Governor Ibori in an emotion-laden speech, said, “Uncle William as I used to call him was a father to all of us; it was indeed very sad that we stand here today preparing to lay him to rest, his death was a big shock God knows best but we would have wished that he gave us some notice.

“God called him and he answered the call like every one of us will do and on this occasion, mine is to wish him well and to thank him for what he was to everyone of us,” the former Governor stated.

In a related development, Governor Okowa has urged Nigerians to live worthy life and contribute to the development of their communities.

The governor made the call at the funeral service of Senator David Dafinone held at Bethel Baptist Church, Sapele, Delta State.

According to the governor, “live a life that is worthy, a life that will touch other people’s lives positively bearing in mind that after you have gone, you will only be remembered by what you did when you were alive.”

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“In whatever we do, we should consider the feeling of others, we must make impact in our communities because, people can only love you when you have made impact on the life of people back home,” the governor said.

“I must condole the family of late Senator Dafinone, it is my hope that the Lord will receive his soul; we are very proud of him; he touched a lot of lives and played a lot of roles to grow the accounting profession and the roles he played in the building of the Palace of the Orodje of Okpe cannot be forgotten,”.

Governor Okowa attended the burial ceremony accompanied by political aides.

Bishop Diamond Emuobo in a sermon at funeral, urged Christians to make the society better through their actions.