Dana Crash: RSG Mourns Navy Commodore Abbey-Kalio

Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, says the times are not right for the state to lose its illustrious sons and daughters to unfortunate incidents.

   Governor Amaechi said this yesterday while condoling with the widow of one of the victims of last Sunday’s Dana Air flight 0992 plane crash at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, Navy Commodore Datoru Abbey-Kalio, Mrs Nkechinyere Abbey-Kalio, and other members of the family at their residence in Port Harcourt.

  Represented by his deputy, Engr Tele Ikuru, who was accompanied on the visit by his wife, Dr Mina Ikuru, as well as the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker, Governor Amaechi eulogised Commodore Abbey-Kalio as “one of the best products from Rivers State”, regretting that “it is a big loss to us and to the state”.

“Sometimes, things are a bit difficult when your father is around let alone now that he is no more. This is a big loss to us as a state. We don’t  have many of them who have reached the top of their careers, therefore losing him at this time is a painful thing to us”, he said, adding that “if it were possible to reverse this incident, we would not hesitate to do it”.

He urged the widow and other members of the family to take solace in the fact that the late Commodore left legacies for them to emulate, assuring that the state government would  do everything within its power to cushion the harsh effect of the loss of their father and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

Responding, the elder brother of the deceased, Mr Ase Abbey-Kalio, thanked the governor for the visit, saying that though God knows why this happened at this time, the news of the incident devastated the family, expressing delight at the kind gesture of the government at  such a time as this, stating that the family takes solace in God to console their hearts.