A statement by the Special Adviser, Media to the Senate President, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that Mark stated this when he led Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and other Senators to the late Ewherido’s home in Asokoro, Abuja.
“In line with our tradition and as a mark of respect for our departed colleague, the Senate will suspend plenary tomorrow (Tuesday).
“We share in your bereavement, pains and sorrows at this moment of grief,” Mark told Ewherido’s wife, Doye.
He urged the members of the Ewherido’s family to continue to have faith in God, noting that death always subjects man’s faith in God to test.
He said: “As Catholics, it is easy to say the Creed that I believe in God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. But when death comes, we question God. This is the time to increase our faith in God.
“If there was anything we could have done to save the life of our distinguished colleague, we would have done it but the Lord owns his life.”
Also extolling the virtues of the late Ewherido, Uduaghan described the late Senator as “a strong voice from Delta.
Uduaghan said the late lawmaker was an experienced lawmaker, having been a deputy speaker and later an Acting Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.
He said, “In the last two years, he has brought his experience to bear on the floor of the Senate.
“We have lost a strong voice in Delta.”
The elder brother of the late Senator, Rev. Fr. Anthony Ewherido, who received the delegation, was quoted to have expressed the family’s gratitude to the President of the Senate, Uduaghan and senators across party lines “for standing by us as this means so much to us.
He said: “He was your distinguished colleague. I have always been proud of him but am more proud of him in death.”
Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba said that he received with great pain and shock the news of the death of Ewherido
Ndoma-Egba said: “Senator Ewherido was the quintessential legislator, cerebral, insightful, clear in language and thought.
“He had the courage of his convictions and had an excellent grasp of legislative practice drawing from his experience as speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and natural endowments.
“Only recently, Catholic Senators met with Catholic Bishops of Nigeria and his characteristic courage and condour questioned doctrinal positions of the church which in his view impaired the faith.
“He was not one who feared to state his position on any issue and his positions were clear and well thought out.
“His death, coming just when the Senate is about to start her debate on constitutional amendment, and at the age of 50 years when his life was about to start, is an unspeakable tragedy.
“We will miss his erudite and depth, his conviviality and his ever-present smile.”
Other Senators, who joined Mark and Uduaghan on the condolence visit, were Senator James Manager; Senator Ifeanyi Okowa: Senator Ahmed Lawan; Senator Suleiman Adokwe; Senator Emmanuel Paulker; and, Senator Mohammed Magoro.
source: the nation
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