The report by south east governors yesterday shows that the late Ojukwu will be buried in his home tome Nnewi country home in Anambra State next February.
The SUN reported that the date was announced after the meeting of Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor Peter Obi,which lasted for over two hours at the Enugu State Government House, The source says that the remains would be brought to Enugu on February 2, 2012 where all ceremonies lined up to bid him farewell would take place after which the corpse would be moved to Nnewi and handed over to Ojukwu’s kinsmen for burial.
Though Governor Obi had given the impression that Ojukwu would be buried on February 2, a family source told the SUN that after the Enugu ceremony, the remains of the former warlord would be laid to rest at Nnewi on February 3, 2012.
According to the source, the corpse of the leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would lie-in-state in his Casabianca residence in Enugu where it is expected that President Goodluck Jonathan would lead the Federal Government delegation to pay Ojukwu the last respect. The governors who attended yesterday’s meeting included Chief T.A. Orji (Abia), Chief Rochas Okorocha and his deputy, Chief Jude Agbaso (Imo), Chief Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Mr Peter Obi (Anambra) and Mr Sunday Onyebuchi, Enugu State deputy governor, who represented Governor Sullivan Chime.
May his gentle soul rest in peace!
The SUN reported that the date was announced after the meeting of Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor Peter Obi,which lasted for over two hours at the Enugu State Government House, The source says that the remains would be brought to Enugu on February 2, 2012 where all ceremonies lined up to bid him farewell would take place after which the corpse would be moved to Nnewi and handed over to Ojukwu’s kinsmen for burial.
Though Governor Obi had given the impression that Ojukwu would be buried on February 2, a family source told the SUN that after the Enugu ceremony, the remains of the former warlord would be laid to rest at Nnewi on February 3, 2012.
According to the source, the corpse of the leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would lie-in-state in his Casabianca residence in Enugu where it is expected that President Goodluck Jonathan would lead the Federal Government delegation to pay Ojukwu the last respect. The governors who attended yesterday’s meeting included Chief T.A. Orji (Abia), Chief Rochas Okorocha and his deputy, Chief Jude Agbaso (Imo), Chief Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Mr Peter Obi (Anambra) and Mr Sunday Onyebuchi, Enugu State deputy governor, who represented Governor Sullivan Chime.
May his gentle soul rest in peace!
