Group urges Soludo to give befitting state burial to former Gov. Ezeife’s wife

The Movement for Election of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra to give befitting state burial to former Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife’s wife, Njideka.

The late Mrs Njideka Ezeife burial had been fixed for April 20, 2022 at Ezeife’s country home in Igboukwu community in Aguata Local Government Area.

Convener of the movement, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that it was of prime importance to note that she played indispensable roles in the success story of Ezeife administration in laying foundation for nascent new Anambra.

According to Ezekwueme, it will be a step in the right direction for his Excellency, Gov Chukwuma Soludo, to reciprocate the relentless efforts of Dr Ezeife towards conduct of Anambra Nov. 16, 2021 governorship election.

He said that Ezeife’s immense sacrifices towards greater and better Anambra  and Igbo nation should be appreciated by rehabilitating dilapidated Ichida-Igboukwu Road to enable easy access to his country home for the burial.

“There is no better time than now to appreciate, identify and sympathises with our great leader whose selflessness desire for the interest and common good remain unequal and unprecedented.

“It will portray the state in bad light if the access road leading to his house is inaccessible in view of huge personalities that will attend the burial.

“Hence the inevitable urgent need for the government to commence palliative works on the road,” he said.

The convener equally prays for eternal repose of her gentle and humble soul in paradise.

“We also pray God to give the Ezeifes, Igboukwu community, Aguata Local Government Area and all those pained for her demise the grace and fortitude to bear and endure the irreparable and irreplaceable loss,” he added.