Huge Tragedy As Influential South-South Lawmaker Dies, Senate Reacts
- Nigerian Senate mourns the death of Jude Ise-Idehen, a lawmaker representing Egor/Ikpoba-Okha federal constituency in Edo
- On Tuesday, July 19, the lawmakers suspended sitting and adjourned till Wednesday in honour of Ise-Idehen who died during the Eid-el-Kabir holiday
- Meanwhile, Alhaji Ali Buba Ndume, father of the Senator representing Borno South senatorial district of Borno State in the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, is dead
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, July 19, suspended legislative activities and adjourned it till Wednesday, July 20, in honour of a member of the House of Representatives, Jude Ise-Idehen, who died recently.
According to a report by The Punch, the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, who stood in for the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, called for the motion for adjournment.
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Tuesday's plenary
At the plenary, the leader of the Senate, Ajayi Boroffice, moved the motion for adjournment.
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Idehen, until his death, represented the Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency in Edo State at the House of Representatives.
Obasa, lawmakers mourn former Lagos speaker who dies at 82
Legit.ng earlier reported that Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, mourned the demise of the former speaker of the house, Abayomi Kinyomi.
Kinyomi served as speaker of the Lagos state house between January 1992 to November 1993, and his death was described as a great loss by Obasa.
The speaker then sent his condolence to the deceased's family, friends and associates, extolling how he lived and served humanity in his lifetime.
Lagos lost "very bright light", speaker Obasa laments death of prominent GOC member, Kemi Nelson
In another report, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the state has lost a "very bright light" with the demise of Kemi Nelson, who died at age 66.
Nelson was a former women leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) (South-West) and a member of the governor's advisory council in Lagos state.
Obasa, in a statement on Monday, July 18, by his chief press secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele, made available to Legit.ng, her death was a big loss for the state, the party and Nigeria.
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