While President Goodluck Jonathan was gracing the funeral rites of the former President of Ghana, Atta Mills, his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, led top government functionaries to the funeral rites of Madam Rebecca Ayomike, mother-in-law of the Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Friday.
Among the dignitaries that grace the occasion were former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba; Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole; Kaduna State governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and his wife; Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, wife of Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio and erstwhile governor of Edo State, John Oyegun.
Others were publisher of Vanguard Newspaper, Elder Sam Amuka; publisher of Thisday, Nduka Obaigbena; Sen Ifeanyi Okowa, Sen Bukola Saraki, wife of former PDP National Chairman, Mrs Maryam Ali; Sen James Manager, Hon Ndidi Elumelu, Josephine Anenih and veteran actor, Justus Esiri.
Also present were captain of industries, several bank executives, Secretary to the State Government, Ovouzorie Macaulay; civil commissioners, top government functionaries, among others.
Uduaghan’s mother-in-law was earlier driven in a motorcade from her family house in Ugbaugwu along the NPA expressway, Warri where she was laid-in-state around 10: am before the corpse, in a procession, was taken to First Baptist Church, Warri for a funeral church service.
Officiating priest at the church service included Rev C .F Ugbege, Pastor in-charge of First Baptist Church, President of Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor; State Chairman of CAN, Rev Gideon Oyibo as well as Pastor Timothy Ayomike of Soul Harvester Church, Warri.
The First reading from Job 19:25-26 was taken by, Emmanuel Tuoyo first son of the deceased while the second scripture was taken from 1st Corinthian: 15-23
by Mrs Orode Ryan-Okpu, a grand daughter of the deceased and daughter of Governor Uduaghan.
Sermonizing during the service, Pastor Oritsejafor pondered on the mystery of death saying death was inevitable.
He, therefore, admonished Christians to be steadfast to God at all times, saying that being poor does not make one a candidate of heaven.
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