By Emmanuel Ekebe
Death is an inevitable end for every mortal. It is an individual course which knows no age, race, gender or social status.
Biblically, it is a debt that we all owe . That which must be paid at one point or the other.
The mystery however is that no one knows when, how and where the final whistle will sound.
The constant refrain is that ” there is time to sow and time to reap and a time to be born and a time to die”
Despite this stark reality of life and death, majority of deaths amongst us always evoke sadness, deep sense of loss coupled with emotional trauma especially for many loved ones of the departed.
In the same breath, once death occurs, a vacuum is invariably created naturally.. Such is the circumstance we have been saddled with after the unexpected demise of some serving Councilors in this present dispensation in Delta State.
Within one year into the tenure of the current Local Government Councils, a number of Councillors have passed on including one from Emede and our Patrick Abrujakpor Ogoro from Uzere.
There were reports of similar deaths in Evwreni and some other places in the state.
In effect, with the loss of these representatives, our voices have been shut out of the legislative chambers of the respective local government councils.
While we cannot query the untimely passage of these ward ambassadors, just as we still grief their sudden departure, methink it is time to move on.
We should be seen sustaining the lofty dreams and the aspirations of our fallen heros.
It is on this premise that I call on the Delta state Independent Electoral Commission (DESIEC) to quickly do the needful in consonance with the extant laws as the current tenure will subsist till some time in July 2027.
This demand is not novel nor strange. At the national level, bye elections are conducted periodically to replace Senators, House of Representatives and States Assembly members that unfortunately pass on in the course of their legislative tenures.
In moving forward, DESIEC should activate the necessary machineries to once again give the bereaved wards a voice.
May the soul of the departed continue to rest in perfect peace as we look forward to a new trajectory in rising to our individual and collective responsibilities.
