The
Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has declared three days of
national mourning among sports journalists in honour of the South South Vice
President of the association, Mr Eddie Bekom, whose sad and painful death occurred on
Sunday, July 16, 2017 following
the injuries he sustained from a fire incident occasioned by gas explosion.
Consequent
upon this, the mourning period which begins on
Tuesday, July 18 requires members and sympathisers to wear black cloth or piece
of black material pinned on their shirt pockets as mark of respect.
Eddie
Bekom had earlier lost his wife and daughter, while his remaining children are
still on danger list following the gas explosion which occurred at their
residence in Ikom, Cross River State.
Mr
Bekom’s death is a national tragedy, and given what has befallen his entire
family, we can only pray the Almighty God to take control of the situation we
have at hand.
The Bekom
family’s case is an unfortunate situation that had called for all hands to be
on deck for all kinds of support.
However, while
we thank those that responded as quickly as possible and joined us in the
challenge of rescuing the family, it is now a greater challenge to us all that
those still receiving treatment at the hospital in Abakaliki should not lack
anything in the area of material and financial support for treatment and
rehabilitation.
SWAN, however,
sees as regrettable the lackadaisical attitude of the Cross River State
Government in spite of being informed immediately the incident happened and the
fact that Eddie Bekom works for the state government.
In spite of the
action of the Cross River State Government, SWAN is still hopeful and now makes
a strident appeal to Governor Ben Ayade to spare nothing to ensure that the
remaining members of Eddie Bekom’s family are given the best of treatment
anywhere in the world.
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