Bayelsa ex-acting gov dies, Diri mourns
Kindly share this story:Binabo, who superintended over the affairs of the state between January 27 and February 14, 2012, was said to have died on Thursday after a protracted illness.
He also held other political offices, including being a commissioner for youth and conflict resolution, deputy speaker, acting speaker and speaker of the Bayelsa House of Assembly where he represented Sagbama constituency III. The state governor, Douye Diri, described Binabo as a grassroots politician who will be greatly missed in the politics of the state.
Diri, in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, noted that Binabo contributed his quota to the development of the state and left at God’s ordained time, having battled to stay alive. He urged the late politician’s immediate and political families to accept his demise as the will of God and be consoled by his great impact in the politics and development of the state.
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