The remains
of the patriarch of the Azuh family, Ichie Azuh Chimezie Aloysius (Onowu
Ezeoma), will be interred in his compound in Umudiokpara, Azia, Ihiala LGA of
Anambra State, on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Ichie Azuh Chimezie Aloysius
died on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at the age of 67.
In a
statement signed by the deceased’s first son, Azuh Arinze, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief,
YES International! magazine, the
burial obsequies will begin with a Lagos Wake Keep, on Friday, December 7, at
the Niteshift Coliseum, 34, Salvation
Road, Opebi, Ikeja, at 4.p.m.
It will
be followed by a Courtesy Visit to the Igwe’s Palace in Azia on Wednesday,
December 12. Then, a Lying-in-State in his Iba,
Requiem Mass and thereafter the interment.
Reception
and entertainment of guests will also hold at the same venue.
Ichie
Ezeoma, Onowu of Eti-Osa, Lagos and Onyeokwereomume of Azia, Ihiala was a
devout Christian and revered community leader. He is survived by his wife,
Agbara Ichie Anna Azuh, seven children and eleven grand children.
Among them:
Azuh Arinze (Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, YES
International! magazine), Mrs. Anderline Nwankwo, Rev. Fr. Chijioke
Azuawusiefe (SJ), Azuh Amatus (Editor, Entertainment and Sunday Express
Newspapers), Amaka, Augustus and Augusta.