From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat’s Delta State Correspondent)
Barely three weeks after the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, survived Covid-19 disease, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere has been reported dead.
The fourth-time lawmaker who was representing Isoko North Constituency on the platform of PDP, was said to have died on Wednesday night at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba as sources have linked the death to suspected Covid-19 complications.
Although there is yet to be an official statement from the leadership of the House of Assembly or his family as at the time of this report, a post on the Facebook credited to his Media Assistant, Mr. Palmer Nathaniel Ogheneyole, eulogized the late lawmaker, describing him as a good man whose legacy will remain for ever in his memory.
He said: “Before us you stood gigantically tall. And in your absence your memories will forever illuminate. Your death marks the end of an era. Your death opens a new chapter.“
“You were a good man in every sense of the word. May St. Christopher whom you served in his knighthood join in the heavenly choir to receive your soul. Bye bye, Boss.”
The New Diplomat gathered that he has been indisposed for about three weeks now and has been receiving treatment in the American Private hospital, Asaba from where he was transferred to the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba where he eventually gave up the ghost last night.
Our source also revealed that the lawmaker has been on ventilator before he passed on at the medical facility. The late Majority Leader of the Delta State House of Assembly has been described as a very friendly, jovial and likeable personality who stood firmly behind his constituents while in the House of Assembly.
Many persons mourned his demise, stressing that it is a huge loss for the Isoko nation, in particular and Delta state in general.
A prominent Delta politician said the deceased would have been the highest ranking lawmaker in the coming 2023 dispensation, a development that may have positioned him for a bigger role in the political dynamics of the State House of Assembly.
Others who spoke about Hon. Tim Owhefere paid tributes to him, saying he was one of the finest and most politically astute politicians from Isoko nation in recent times.
