By Racheal Ayodele The late Nigerian singer Onyeka Onwenu’s burial wishes have resurfaced on the internet. DAILY POST reports ...
By Racheal Ayodele
The late Nigerian singer Onyeka Onwenu’s burial wishes have
resurfaced on the internet.
DAILY POST reports that Onwenu died on July 30, 2024, after
collapsing at the 80th birthday party of the CEO of Emzor Pharmaceuticals,
Stella Okolie.
Following her death, the details of her burial wish from a
2021 opinion piece in Premium Times, emerged on social media.
The veteran singer made this known while reacting to the
lavish burial ceremony of celebrity businessman Obi Cubana’s mother, Uche
Iyiegbu, in July 2021.
In the article, she stated that she had given her family
instructions on how to bury her.
She wrote: “Just days before the most outrageous burial of
Innyom Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu in Oba, Anambra State, in July, I told a friend that
I had given instructions to my family on how to bury me when my time comes.
“Do it quickly, quietly and privately. Celebrate me with
prayers, lunch or dinner afterwards. Share some jokes about me and laugh.
Mourn, yes, but not excessively. Make merriment, and then go about your business.
If friends want to celebrate me, they should do so while I’m alive, so that I
can enjoy it with them, not when I’m gone and have no idea about this. That is
me.
“I’m very uncomfortable with lavish displays of wealth on
any occasion, especially in a time of hardship and lack for most others.”
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