The National Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mai-Mala Buni on Monday, led other members of the party to pay a condolence visit to the family of late Enugu monarch, HRM, Igwe Onyioha Nwanjoku, the traditional ruler of Ohofia Ndumeze Kingdom in Aninri local government area of Enugu State.
The late traditional ruler and a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Enugu state passed on on 24th February 2021 at Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu.
Represented at the visit by the Enugu State caretaker Committee chairman of the APC in Enugu state, Dr. Ben Nwoye, the APC Boss describe the late monarch as: “A legend, a political juggernaut and a practical politician.”
“We are here to celebrate the life of an oracle and pay our respect to a father.
“On behalf of the APC, we felicitate with you on the life of this legend and commiserate with your family, the people of Ohofia Ndumeze Kingdom and the entire Enugu State for this great loss and promise to be there to celebrate his last ofala with the family because, a King never dies,” Dr Nwoye said.
Responding on behalf of the family, the Crown Prince, Hon. Okezie Nwanjoku expressed the family’s gratitude to the party leadership and thanked them for making out time to be with their family in this time of grief.
Continuing, Hon. Okezie told the visiting party leaders: “We are encouraged by your visit and also thrilled by the encomium poured on our dad who lived a fulfilled life of a father, mentor, leader and a politician.
“We are consoled by your visit and kind words. At 81, we believe he has done his best and we all grew to know him as our father, a rare privilege he never enjoyed himself having lost his own dad at the age of 12.”
Describing his demise without being sick, Hon. Nwanjoku said “Our father died as a good King he was, who doesn’t want to stress his children because before his death, he attended the last meeting of the council of Traditional Rulers in Aninri which he chairs and had a good time with his grand children in the afternoon of the same day.”
The late monarch was the father of Enugu West Zonal Youth leader of the APC, Hon. James Okugo Nwanjoku.
