The lawmakers dedicated the whole of the day to a valedictory session for the late senator.
He represented Imo North senatorial district under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.His coffin was laid outside the chamber with well-wishers and trumpeters playing sounds around it.
“He never shook the table like I do, maybe it is because I am small. Benji was such a great man. We will miss him,” he added. “Call us rebels if you like. In the 8th Senate, big Ben and I, we played very critical role in our committee on INEC over the electoral act. Ike Ekweremadu said it was amazing that even as the body of late Uwajumogu was lying outside, some compatriots were already struggling to take over his seat.
Elisha Abbo recalled how the late lawmaker always encouraged and prayed for him “when he had personal issues.”
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