Dr Sekibo Commiserates  With Late Prof Obuoforibo Family

Dr Abiye Sekibo, a former Transport Minister has described the death of late Prof Abiye Atemie Obuoforibo as shocking and a great loss to the Rivers people.

Dr Sekibo who was speaking after the interment of the late Professor at Okrika could not hide his emotions about the sudden demise of the late pioneer Professor of Anatomy in Rivers State recalled the various roles the deceased played for the health of the nation and the State in particular through his various breakthroughs in research in medical sciences that won him an International acclaim.

“Late Professor Obuoforibo was the first graduate of the University of Lagos to become a Professor”, Dr Sekibo revealed.

Also recalling his roles at home as both community leader and educationist, Dr Sekibo said the relative peace being enjoyed today in the State could not have been complete without late Prof Obuoforibo's fatherly advice and contributions in the restoration of peace in the State.

As a man of many parts, Dr Sekibo said he wished Prof Obuoforibo lived longer to impact more on his numerous students and admirers across the globe, stressing that by his untimely death, Nigeria has lost a rare gem and an irreplaceable icon.

The former Secretary to Rivers State Government and Governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in Rivers State in the April 26, 2011 general elections, enjoined late Prof Obuoforibo's wife and children as well as his relatives to take solace in the fact that he was a man of great ideals and principles who was very well respected by all.

“But the world, Nigeria and Rivers State will continue to thank God for blessing them with the like of late Medical Doctor and Professor of Anatomy, an educationist par excellence, researcher, lecturer and administrator, soldier, devout Christian, community leader, public affairs analyst etc and will always remember him in prayers for the peaceful repose of his gentle soul”, Dr Sekibo assured.

The Medical Doctor turned politician, Dr Sekibo, himself an illustrious son of Okrika also prayed God to grant the wife and children the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.###