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He was a Benin icon – UNIBEN
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described the demise of the former military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Brigadier General Godwin Abbe, as a great loss to the people of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria in general.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, the Senate President said General Abbe, who was also once a military Governor of Rivers State, was a “dedicated public servant, a patriot and a trailblazer, who contributed immensely to the development of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria as a whole.
Akpabio recalled that General Abbe was at different times Minister of Defence and Interior Minister adding that “his demise is a great loss not only to his family and the people of Akwa Ibom State but to the entire nation. His legacy of selfless service, integrity and leadership will continue to inspire future generations.
“On behalf of my family, the good people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District and the 10th Senate, I commiserate with the family of General Abbe, the government and people of Edo State, and prays that God will grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”
UNIBEN mourns Abbe, ex-Governor of Rivers and A’Ibom
Meanwhile, the mManagement of the University of Benin has commiserated with the family of the late elder statesman and former Governor of Rivers, Maj-Gen. Godwin Osagie Abbe, on his passing at 75.
Abbe was also a Minister of Defence and that of Interior.
Prof. Edoba Omoregie, Vice Chancellor of the university, in a statement issued on Sunday – yesterday, December 22 – in Benin, the Edo State capital, on behalf of the management and staff, described Abbe as a Benin icon.
Omoregie said the former military Governor of Akwa Ibom and Rivers epitomised goodness, diligence and dynamism and would be greatly missed.
He prayed to God to grant the soul of the deceased an eternal rest and comfort his wife, children and the entire family he left behind.
Abbe reportedly died in Abuja on Saturday after a protracted illness.
