From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
The remains of the late wife of former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, Mrs Felicia Edeomola Wabara, was yesterday laid to rest in her husband’s hometown, Ohambele-Ndoki in Ukwa East LGA of Abia State.
This is even as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief K.C Ugboaja is reported dead.
Those who attended the burial ceremony of Mrs. Wabara included Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu, his wife, Vivian, former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Imo Deputy Governor, Prof Placid Njoku, several serving and former members of the National Assembly as well as the PDP guber candidate Professor Uche.
The Primate and Head of the Anglican Church in Nigeria, The Most Rev. Dr. Henry Ndukuba conducted the funeral service held at the Ikwueke Community Secondary School, Ohambele.
Governor Ikpeazu in his brief remarks described death as a certainty and the ultimate end for all mortals.
Ikpeazu said death symbolizes the power and total authority of God over His Creation and urged the Wabara family to bear the loss with fortitude.
He prayed that the death of Elder Mrs Felicia Wabara would further unite the Wabara family, Ndoki land and consolidate peace in Abia State.
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, represented by his deputy, Professor Placid Njoku, bemoaned the death of Wabara’s wife. He said Senator Wabara had served the country meritoriously in different capacities and condoled with the entire Wabara family on the death of their beloved wife.
In a funeral sermon, titled, “Remember Me”, Dr. Henry Ndukuba described the deceased as a worthy pilgrim, who lived a fulfilled life and spent the same in the service of God and humanity.