Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has urged those seeking to know the details of Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s funeral to be patient.
According to him, it will be a collective decision in consultation with various stakeholders, with his immediate family taking the lead.
Obi, according to his spokesman Valentine Obienyen, was responding to “countless calls from people volunteering to serve in Ojukwu’s burial committee”.
Obi, who came back from France via London on Saturday, but had to travel back to London the same day with Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr on being told of Ojukwu’s death, said the late Biafran leader deserved the best, given his selfless sacrifice. He promised that the Igbo and Nigerians of goodwill will give him the best.
The governor is expected back in the country today. He will formally inform President Goodluck Jonathan of Ojukwu’s death.
It was gathered that Ojukwu’s body has been deposited in a mortuary through the combined efforts of his widow, Bianca, and Obi’s wife, Margaret, whom Bianca telephoned immediately his condition became critical.
Ojukwu’s son, Emeka, has thanked Nigerians for the wonderful “solidarity” and “love” shown to his father.
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