By FESTUS AHON
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, described the death of supporters at the Port Harcourt stampede as a supreme sacrifice for the survival of democracy in Nigeria.

The Governor, who spoke in Ughelli, Delta State, when he paid a condolence visit to the family of one of the victims, who was resident in Ughelli, Mrs Victoria Okodaso, popularly known as “madam Ohwo”, said the PDP will take care of the cost of the burial ceremony and upkeep of the children she left behind.

Uduaghan who said he was condoling with the family of the late Mrs Okodaso on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, the state government and the PDP family, pointed out that the deceased was a committed party loyalist.

He said; “When Mr President had made his speech and we were coming out, we noticed that there had been an accident outside, little did we know that Mrs Okodaso was part of it.

“We had no reason to question God, we would have asked, why this woman who had gone to Port Harcourt to be part of history? When she was going, it was not this kind of history that she wanted to be part of, but God knows best. It could have been worst. I know our sister, Faith Majemite, God also saved her life because she was also gone half way, but God said no. I know some members of National Assembly who were also almost gone, but God brought them back to life. So, we thank God because it could have been worst.”

He added, “For many of us who were in Port Harcourt who saw what happened; for many of us who saw the enthusiasm with which President Goodluck Jonathan was received; for many of us who watched the PDP flag being given to the PDP candidates, the later event was like an anti-climax of a day that would have been very glorious in the history of the South-South.”

Uduaghan who later inspected the Ughelli Township road dualization project, also paid unscheduled visit to St Theresa’s Grammar School, Ughelli, where he wished the students “happy valantine’s day.”