UNIBEN mourns Abbe, ex-governor of Rivers and A’Ibom

BENIN (Sundiata Scholar) – Management 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 in Benin, on behalf of the management and staff described Abbe as a Benin icon.

Omoregie said that 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 entire family he left behind.

Abbe reportedly died in Abuja on Saturday during a protracted illness. (NAN)