Chairman of Stanbic IBTC, Atedo Peterside has described Sen. Godswill Akpabio’s statement at the funeral of Herbert Wigwe as insensitive and self-centered.
Peterside in a post on his X said that it was insensitive of the Senate President to first complain that the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi received greater applause than he did.
The Stanbic IBTC Bank boss also berated Akpabio for asking the people at the funeral to join him in consoling Wigwe’s wife who was also lying dead in one of the three caskets in their front.
“For the record, I was among those who found the Senate President’s comments at the Wigwe Family Funeral in PH to be in poor taste.
“He began by lamenting that @PeterObi received greater applause than he (Akpabio) got & later told us to join him in consoling the widow who was lying in one of the 3 caskets in front of him. Jokes?
“Political jibes at a solemn Combined Funeral? Methinks that was self-centred & totally insensitive,” he tweeted.
