The Chairman of Asari Toru Local Government Area in Rivers State, Odiari Princewill, has died from COVID-19.
According to reports, Odiari who is a strong loyalist to the state governor, Nyesom Wike, lost his battle to the viral disease on Wednesday night, May 27.
State Chairman of The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amb. Desmond Akawor in a statement said Princewill fought for the party and the state, and did very well as a Local Government Chairman, in Asari Toru Local Government Area.
Akawor said the demise of the Asari-Toru LGA Chairman remains a shock for the entire PDP party family.
“The state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party is in a great mourning mood for losing such a quality patriot.
“We pray that God Almighty will console his family, and our dear Governor, His Excellency, Chief Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, as well as our entire party members in the state.
“It is a great loss, but as Christians, we believe it is the will of God for him to visit our Lord at this point in time. We cannot question God, though as human beings, it is emotional and depressing but we believe that God will see us through.
“I send my condolences on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party to his immediate family, the entire Kalabari kingdom, and His Excellency, Chief Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Governor of Rivers State.
“We believe God will see us through this trying moment”, he stated.
NDDC officials in the state, carried out his burial at the Port Harcourt cemetery, today May 28.
