Mrs. Ezeife Njideka, the wife of the former Governor of
Anambra State and prominent Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has been confirmed
dead.
Mrs. Ezeife died after a brief illness in the United States
of America.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary of
the Igbo Elders Council, Professor Charles Nwekeaku on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “With great pains and total
submission to the will of God, I write to inform our distinguished Igbo elders
of the transition to the great beyond of Her Excellency, Chief (Mrs) Njideka
Ezeife, the former first lady of Anambra State and wife of our Chairman, His
Excellency, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife after a brief illness in the United States of
America.
“Mrs Ezeife, who was scheduled to return to Nigeria on
December 13, 2021, suddenly became sick a day before her trip and couldn’t make
it.
”May God grant her soul a perfect peace, as well as His
Excellency, Dr Ezeife and other members of his family the fortitude to bear her
irreparable loss.
“Our members are enjoined to commiserate with the Ezeife
family and remember them in prayers, ” it concluded.
Meanwhile, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, said it received with heavy shock the news on the unfortunate passage
of the former first lady of Anambra State, Late Chief (Mrs) Njideka Ezeife.
In a statement by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu
Isiguzoro on Wednesday, Ohanaeze condoled the husband of the deceased and
ex-Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife on the sudden demise of his
wife and entire Ezeife family, praying almighty God to accept the soul of the
deceased and grant her eternal rest.
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