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Are you kidding? Where is your source??

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Former National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief) Edwin  Ume-Ezeoke , is dead.
According to a  statement issued Tuesday  by his son , Prince Chineme Edwin Ume-Ezeoke ,the elder statesman, who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1979 and 1983, died on Monday at the Fortis Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India where he was flown for treatment at the age of 76.


His death has been described as a great loss to the country especially at this time when his wealth of experience was needed to move the nation forward.
Speaking on the sad event, former Presidential Liaison Officer (PLO), Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, described Ume-Ezeoke as an experienced politician whose death would be felt by all Nigerians.


He said the deceased politician “was a committed Nigerian, a complete gentleman as well as a detribalized Nigerian. I worked closely with him when he was the Speaker of the House of Representatives and I was the Presidential Liaison Officer to President Shagari. We worked closely despite the fact that he was in the NPP and I was in the NPN. We had high regards for each other despite the political differences. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, he was instrumental to the successes recorded in the Second Republic. There was an accord between the NPN and the NPP, but even when the accord broke down. Our relationship did not go down”.


On his part, former Chairman of the ANPP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Harry Akande described Ume-Ezeoke as a great patriot who as a Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1983 was one of the stabilizing factors behind former President Shehu Shagari.
He commended the deceased’s political sagacity and his contribution to the success of the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the immediate take off of the administration of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.


Akande, who was  the  party’s presidential and chairmanship aspirant at various times before he defected to the PDP last year,  described Ume-Ezeoke as a ‘stabiliser’, stating that no matter what opinion one may have of him, “late Ume-Ezeoke remains a great politician and his death to me is a great loss to Nigeria. This is the time we need his wealth of political experience,” he added: “His record as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1979 to 1983 was also a great moment in the political history of the country. That he was a Speaker for four years means that he knows his political onions.  He did his best for the ANPP. “In this time of transformation, this is the apt time that we need his political memoirs. Certainly we will miss him”, he said.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/edwin-ume-ezeoke-former-anpp-chairman-dies-at-76/96173/

I remember Ume Ezeoke for disagreeing with Buhari on the GNU- which eventually led  to the latter leaving the ANPP to form the CPC as we know it today.
I hope his gentle soul rests in peace.

May His soul RIP

Jesus wept!!!

My popsie's best friend is dead . . . .

his relationship with my father is one major reason why I have never and will never get into cyber tribal wranglings

May his soul rest in peace. . .

In India? So far from home? What a shame! If only he and his cohorts would have enacted laws to improve Nigerian hospitals.   

This man was a big thief and should be remembered as such. May he rot in hell for the pain he caused

never hear of him, RIP though.

May his soul rest in perfect peace, Amen

slimyem:

never hear of him, RIP though.

you meant to say "heard"?

slimyem:

never hear of him, RIP though.

you meant to say "heard"?

I think most people will remember him for his inept leadership of ANPP which helped to all but bury a once powerful opposition party.
Also, his eagerness to cast Buhari aside for a share of the national cake (foolishly falling for the 'GNU' trap) will be remembered.

All in all, I find it hard to dredge up a shred of sympathy for him at this moment.

I feel no sense of sympathy towards this man, I hope his soul finds peace.
He threw principles to the gutter when he abandoned his party's presidential candidate in the court, officially drew the rug from Buhari's feet, accepted the pot of soup from Yar'adua and joined the so-called GNU which ensured the silence of any meaningful opposition as at that time.
I wonder why some old men would do 'anything' for money. Now, where is he?

looking forward to hearing Buhari's comment on this guy's Death

He is gone but he ensured one of his son replaced him at the national chop I chop forum, 

rip nwanna

who is going to answer that question of ANPP being part of 6 yrs single term?.

r.i.p papa

MAY the Good Lord and Mother Nature, relieve us and our nation of these bigots and may others watching take heed that we SHALL NOT MISS THEM,

Another Titan falls. RIP.

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RIP dear speaker. but on the other side, does it mean that in the nearest future BankOle will be refered to as elder-stateman who served this country as a speaker? Omo na wa!

Rest in peace nonsense. nigerians are hypocritical in their sympathy and i hate it. The judgement throne of God will determine weather indeed he will rest in piece. Hell awaits anyone who is not saved by Jesus. This man's record was dirty at least from my own point of view.

Machine007:

who is going to answer that question of ANPP being part of 6 yrs single term?.

Condelence to the family.

possicon:

RIP dear speaker. but on the other side, does it mean that in the nearest future BankOle will be refered to as elder-stateman who served this country as a speaker? Omo na wa!

possicon:

RIP dear speaker. but on the other side, does it mean that in the nearest future BankOle will be refered to as elder-stateman who served this country as a speaker? Omo na wa!

u can hear them saying nwanne

later other would say papa when bankole goes

@Alh Harem, I've just insulted Ileke IDI AND BLUETOOTH in another thread.

abadaba:

@Alh Harem, I've just insulted Ileke IDI AND BLUETOOTH in another thread.

I wrote that because of bankole not the man that just die

of course I am not going to insult the die or dying

u should know be by now

RIP

alj_harem:



I wrote that because of bankole not the man that just die

of course I am not going to insult the die or dying

u should know be by now

RIP

I respect you a lot Alh Harem. But Bluetooth and Ileke idi are pain in the asz----.

abadaba:

I respect you a lot Alh Harem. But Bluetooth and Ileke idi are pain in the asz----.

Thank you, I have equal respect for you as well and the love for your people. keep it up but remember Nigeria comes first

ileke-idi is not a tribalist as it seems.

anyway ramadan kareem brother if you are fasting

God bless the Igbo nation, God bless the Yoruba nation, God bless the northern Nation

God bless Nigeria