Photos: Top dignitaries attend Gov Ikpeazu mum’s funeral

– Governors, other dignitaries attend burial of Gov Ikpeazu’s mother
– President Buhari was represented by Gov Okorocha
Deaconess Bessie Ikpeazu, mother to Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu was laid to rest yesterday, January 29 in Umuobiakwa community, Obingwa council area of Abia state.

Ike Ekweremaadu, other dignitaries attend Gov Ikpeazu’s mother’s burial

Her burial was attended by governors, senators and other top dignitaries.
Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo state who represented President Muhammadu Buhari led the dignitaries, Vanguard reports.

Governors Ayo Fayoshe of Ekiti, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River and Udom Emnanuel of Akwa-Ibom

In attendance were deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu; Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose; Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade; Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Udom Emmanuel; Ebonyi State governor, Chief Dave Umahi and others.
Speaking at the occasion, Ekweremadu said the deceased had lived a fulfilled life on earth and gone back to her creator.

Ike Ekweremadu speaking during the burial of Gov Ikpeazu’s mother

He noted that death was inevitable and beyond human remedy, adding that it was a fulfillment of God’s design for man on earth.
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Governor Ayade told the congregation that the pains of losing a mother was too great a load to bear and urged the Ikpeazu family not to cry any longer but to be consoled that their god-fearing mother was resting in the bosom of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Governor Fayose of Ekiti State urged the bereaved family not to cry again, knowing that their mother was not dead.

Bessie Ikpeazu (Nee Nwagwu) died last year December after a brief illness at the age of 87. Before her death, she served as the Nursing Supervisor for the Motherless Babies Home, Adventist Hospital, Aba.