Burnt Kogi State PDP Women Leader Laid To Rest
The burnt remains of Salome Abuh, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Woman Leader, who was burnt alive at Ochadamu, Kogi State on November 18 have been committed to mother earth.
Abuh was laid to rest amid tears and wailings by relations, friends and associates on Saturday at her village, Aji-Obala, Ofu Local Government Area.
The Officiating Minister, Rev. John Adino of the United Evangelical Church, Idah, in his sermon called on Christians to give their lives to Christ before it is too late.
Adino said death could come at any time, adding that anybody could die under any circumstances.
“It is always good for people to die in the course of the Lord,” he said.
While reading from the book of Revelation, chapter 14 verse 13, Adino said all human beings would face the ultimate judgment of the Almighty God.
He said: “Whether human beings like it or not, judgement day is awaiting every mortal.
“No lawyer will defend or stand for any one except the good things people did while on earth.
The husband of the deceased, Elder Simeon Abuh, in a tribute said his late wife had paid the supreme price for the unity of Igalaland.
He described her as “a martyr, whose political sagacity will remain fresh in the mind of her associates”.
Abuh called on the police and the Federal Government to ensure that the killers of his wife were made to face justice.
The candidate of the PDP in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, said the late Abuh died for Kogi and Igala nation as a while.
Wada promised to keep her memory alive by maintaining focus on plans to liberate the people of the state from the hands of oppressors.
He said no amount of intimidation and harassment could stop him from reclaiming the stolen mandate freely given to him on November 16.
He said: “I am not going to relent a little bit; I will pursue this gruesome and senseless killing of Mrs. Abuh to its logical conclusion.
“Whenever I think of the circumstances of her death, I wonder who will ever wish that for his enemy, but the unfortunate thing is that the killing was perpetrated by the children of Igala nation, who joined hands with the oppressors to kill members of the opposition parties.
“Regardless of their intimidation and oppression, we will reclaim our stolen mandate because they are just keeping it temporarily,” he said.
Margaret Omoniyi, the State PDP Woman Leader, described the late Abuh as a lively person and a committed and versatile politician.
Omoniyi urged the children of the deceased to follow her footsteps by upholding her good legacies.
Also speaking, the only son of the deceased, David Abuh, described his mother as a lover of people, who had invested much in assisting the needy in the society.
David called on the Federal Government to ensure that justice is done over the killing of his mother.