The Senate, on Tuesday, held a plenary session to honour the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South in the National Assembly.
The remains of Uba lay in state at the foyer of the White House wing, directly in front of the Senate Chamber.
The day’s order paper featured just the “Valedictory Session.”
Senate President Godswill Akpabio presided over the session.
Ubah’s seat in the chamber was decortaed with flowers and a cloth painted in the colours of the Nigerian flag.
The session was opened to non-senators, allowing dignitaries and other invited guests to pay their respects.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige, and former Anambra Central Senator Uche Ekwunife were among those who attended the session.
The wives of presiding and principal Senate officers asso attended the valedictory session, including Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President; Hajiya Jibrin Barau, wife of the Deputy Senate President; and Oluyemisi Bamidele, wife of the Senate Leader.
Earlier, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, led a delegation of House leaders in a solemn procession around the late senator’s casket.
