Awka Community Holds Joint Funeral Rite For “Otochalu Awka”, Ijomah

Awka community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state has organized a joint funeral rite in honour of “Otochalu Awka”, Late Chief James Ijomah

The Late Chief Ijomah, a native of Umuezume-Umuogbu-Agulu Awka, who died at the age of one hundred and eight years was blessed with eight children, twenty grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

In a remark during the event organized at Paul University field by the thirty-three villages in Awka, the Traditional ruler of the community, Obi Gibson Nwosu described Late Chief Ijomah as a man of peace, who throughout his lifetime contributed to the peace, progress and development of the town, and encouraged Awka people to emulate him for the community to continue to attain greater heights.

Obi Nwosu who was represented by the Speaker Ezeuzu in Council, Chief Nweze Okoli, thanked Governor Chukwuma Soludo for honouring Late Chief Ijomah when he was alive, and for embarking on journey towards transformation of Awka town into the real capital city, and asked people of the community and entire Ndi Anambra to keep supporting the Soludo administration.

Also speaking, the President General of Awka community, Barrister Kanayo Nwogbo, represented by Mr Sunday Nweke, Awka Youth Chairman, Mr Ikechukwu Ezenwa, and his Deputy, Mr Chukwunonye Onuorah, thanked God for a life well spent of the deceased whom they said was a man of integrity and truth, and who never supported evil but only preached peace and unity amongst Awka people.

For the Chairman of Ulonese Agulu Committee, Chief Ken Ekwenugo, a stakeholder in Awka, Professor Anthony Agbata and Barrister Philip Ekwempu, people should emulate the truthfulness, straightforwardness of the late Otochalu-Awka, and go back to consumption of native foods of their forefathers, for longevity and healthy life.

On her part, the first daughter of the deceased, Mrs Obinamma Onyechi, said their late father left great legacies for them, especially on how to contribute selflessly to the development and progress of the society.