Politicians across major political parties on Saturday shun their differences and attended the burial of Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, the father of the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri.
Former Presidents; Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party PDP Presidential Candidate at the just concluded 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra State Governor and Presidential Candidate of Labour Party at the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi were also present.
Others included former First Lady, Dame Patience; the PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu; and state governors, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, (Delta); Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and his wife, Betty; Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Darius Ishiaku (Taraba).
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Diri while giving his speech said he and his family as well as the entire state were humbled by the large turnout of high-profile dignitaries in his community to bid his father farewell.
He said, “We are indeed overwhelmed. There can be no love more than that. I would not have thought even in the wildest of my imaginations that there would be a large number of high-profile Nigerians here to celebrate my father.”
