The APC candidate for Rivers South-East Senatorial District also condoled with Rivers people over the passage of the writer, which he described as a great loss to the Ikwerre Ethnic nationality and entire Rivers State.
In a statement signed by his spokesperson PARRY SAROH BENSON; Senator ABE said the news of Captain ELECHI AMADI’s death was very shocking and most painful.
He said it came at a time when the younger generation needed to tap from his wealth of experience.
The former Senator for Rivers South-East said the good works of the literary icon would be mostly remembered especially in the world of literature.