Monday, September 2, 2024 -Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed Samson Omoarebokhae, a Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku.
Adobo-Ebojele, the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media
disclosed this in a condolence message to the family of the deceased.
Ebojele said the Speaker’s aide was killed on August 31, 2024, by
unknown gunmen on his way from Ozalla in Owan West Local Government Area of the
State.
She said on getting the news, the Speaker immediately dispatched a
delegation on a condolence visit to the family of the slain SSA.
She added that the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Odion Iruobe who
led the Speaker’s delegation, described his death as a great loss to the
Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Owan West local government
area in general.
The media aide described the deceased as one of the trusted staff
of the Speaker, saying the Chief of Staff, who commiserated with the family of
the late SSA, urged them to draw strength from God’s promises of not leaving
those mourning comfortless.
“Though it is a painful situation, we ask God in His infinite
power to give the family a reason to smile again.
“We pray for the repose of the soul of the deceased and for God to
give the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss”, she said.
Responding, Elijah Omoarebokhai, a brother of the deceased,
expressed the family’s appreciation to the Speaker for sending a delegation to
share in their grief.
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