Ndi Imo | Imo Speaker expresses shock over the demise of Rt. Hon. Stanford Onyirimba
Imo Speaker expresses shock over the demise of Rt. Hon. Stanford Onyirimba
Imo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Barr. Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, has expressed shock over the sudden demise of seasoned parliamentarian and a former majority leader of the IMHA, Rt. Hon. Stanford Onyirimba.
Ibeh made this known in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ifeanyi Onyekachi. He described the late lawmaker representing Ehime Mbano State Constituency as a fearless Majority Leader who stood with the people when it mattered most. He prayed for the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
"The Speaker Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA), Rt. Hon. Barr. Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, has exppresed shock at the news of the sudden death of one of the finest parliamentarians of our time and a former majority leader of IMHA, Rt. Hon. Stanford Onyirimba.
"It is with rude shock that I received the news of the sudden death of Rt. Hon. Stanford Onyirimba, one of the finest politicians in Imo State who represented Ehime Mbano State Constituency, at the beginning of this democratic dispensation between 1999 and 2007.
"The late Rt. Hon. Member was an astute politician and a lawmaker of note who made an indelible mark in the history of IMHA as a fearless Majority Leader who stood with the people when it mattered most.
"Although he passed on at a time when his political experience is mostly needed in our dear state and country, we cannot question the divine will of God whom it pleases to call him now.
"We pray God to grant members of his immediate family, Ehime Mbano State Constituency, Okigwe South Federal Constituency, Okigwe Zone, Imo State and indeed his political associates, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss" The Statement read.
