PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Dr Monday Onyekachi Ubani, over the death of his father, Pa Egbedubi Nwokocha, at the age of 101 years.
Dr Ubani, who was recently appointed by the President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) as Public Trustee to administer Nigeria’s oldest trade union, the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), has a timeline within which to conduct the union’s delegates’ conference, is the Chairperson of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL).
Pa Nwokocha, who passed on January 3, 2022 in Lagos, will be buried at his hometown Umuosoko, Awomukwu in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State on Friday, April 22, 2022.
In a condolence letter dated April 11, 2022 and signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, President Buhari was quoted as giving glory to God for the gift of longevity, which saw Pa Nwokocha live up to 101 years.
The President was also quoted to have saluted the fact that Pa Nwokocha “left his footprints on the sands of time, gaining reputation as a man of peace, a philanthropist, dutiful father, public-spirited individual, and a man of integrity.”
President Buhari urged Dr Ubani, the only son of the deceased, and his many grandchildren and great grandchildren, to keep the flag of the good deeds done by their patriarch flying, knowing that in that wise, Papa Nwokocha would live forever in the hearts and minds of all who knew him.
The President also urged the family to give the departed befitting rites of passage.
The Ubanis also received condolences for other notable personalities, which include Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.
Others include the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Dr Uche Ogah, Senators Ekweremadu, Abaribe, Nkechi Nwaogu, Hon Sam Onuigbo, NBA President, Olumide Akpata, President of African Bar Association, Mr Hannibal Uwaifor, chief judges of Abia and Lagos states, some justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, former Presidents of the Nigerian Bar Association and former Group Managing Director, Diamond Bank, Chief Alex Oti, amongst many others.
