He Described Death As A Fulfillment Of God’s Design For Man On Earth Which Was Inevitable (PHOTOS)

Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, Imo State governor, Rochas
Okorocha who represented President Muhammadu Buhari and
Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, topped the list of dignitaries
that graced the burial of Deaconess Bessie Ikpeazu, mother to
Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, as she was laid to
rest at his residence in Umuobiakwa community, Obingwa
council area of Abia State.

Other dignitaries who attended the event include Cross River
governor, Prof. Ben Ayade; his Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi
counterparts, Chief Udom Emmanuel and Chief Dave Umahi;
Anambra state deputy governor, Chief Nkem Okeke, Senator
Theodore Orji, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chief Judge of Abia
State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe; Dr. Peter Obi, Chief Emmanuel
Iwuanyanwu and wife of the Imo state governor, Nkechi
Okorocha who represented the First lady, Aisha Buhari.

Speaking at the occasion, Ekweremadu described death as a
fulfillment of God’s design for man on earth which was
inevitable and beyond human remedy. He noted that the
deceased had lived a fulfilled life on earth and gone back to
her creator and urged Gov. Ikpeazu to strive to deliver more
democracy dividends to the people of the state. In his homily
at the funeral service, President of the Eastern Nigeria Union
Mission of the Seventh Day Adventist, SDA, Church, Pastor
Bassey Udoh said the late Deaconess Bessie lived for the less
privileged and touched many lives.

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