WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL OKONKWO
The remains of late Chief Cyprian Ikegwuonu, one of the victims of the Saint Philip’s Catholic Church Ofufe-Amakwa Ozubulu massacre on the 6th of August last year, have been laid to rest at the church premises alongside other victims of the incident.
The burial ceremony of the deceased who aged seventy-four, attracted dignitaries from all walks of life including the Clergy, Catholic faithful and APGA faithful, among others who came to pay their last respect.
Speaking during the burial mass of the deceased at Saint Philip’s Catholic Church Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo local government area of the state,
Governor Willie Obiano, represented by the Chief of Staff, Professor Joe Asike, who regretted the incident which claimed thirteen lives, assured the bereaved families that his government will not rest until justice is done for the victims, disclosing that efforts are still on to bringing the perpetrators to book in no distance time.
Describing late Chief Ikegwuonu as a staunch APGA faithful, Governor Obiano, regretted that late Chief Ikegwuonu could not live to witness the party’s victory at the polls during the November eighteenth election which he said he really laboured for, advising the family to take solace in God as He knows the best.
He used the opportunity to commend people of the area for supporting APGA to ensure its landslide victory at the polls despite the calamity that befell them few months before the election.
Earlier in a homily, Reverend Father Don Chidolue, harped on the need for Christians to be ready to meet their creator at all times, as according to him no one knows when death will come.
Describing death as inevitable end to all mortal, Reverend Father Chidolue, called on Christians to always invest in the lives of the less privileged persons in the church and society as it is the highest legacy and investment they can leave behind after their sojourn on earth.
Speaking on behalf of the family, a son of the deceased, Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu, who regretted the death of his father and other worshipers in the church, called on other affected families to weep no more and put their trust in God as the victims died martyrs and are resting in the Lord, even as he prayed that such calamity will not befall the town and the state at large again.
In a remark, the Managing Director Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Sir Jude Emecheta, who hails from the community, described late Chief Ikegwuonu as a good man who never relented in fighting for the indigent, commending the children for already towing his philanthropic step.
Highpoints of the burial ceremony were internment, condolence visits by in-laws, friends and well wishers, among others.
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