Eze Ojinnaka’s Royal Journey to Eternity.
2 min readThe motorcade that conveyed the royal remains of the late Eze Aloysius Ojinnaka from Aladimma Mortuary Owerri On Tuesday December 21, 2021wasted a lot of time and later arrived Umuaka around 10 am and headed to the Duruiheagha family in Ugbele Okwu, the maternal home of the late royal father. Many who were waiting to witness the great arrival of the late monarch at Ime Afor Modern Market, were notified of the arrival with the sounds of 21 gun salute that rented the air when the motorcade reached Umuaka. In Ugbele Okwu, the family and some other chiefs and extended family members of the Duruiheagha family were all waiting to receive the very important corpse of their grandson. When the Rolls Royce ambulance conveying the royal remains of the later monarch touched the family compound, several people who were present burst into tears.
Just few minutes afterh the corpse arrived the family compound, the Duruiheagha family through its spokesman offered a short farewell prayer for the repose of the royal father whom they were so proud of. After the short prayers, off, the motorcade took again and headed straight to the Ojinnaka royal palace in Uba Umuaka.
On arrival in the famous Ojinnaka compound, At exactly 5 minutes after 11 am, the new royal father, HRH Eze Henry Izuchukwu Ojinnaka, the Osinobi the 4th was already waiting with some members of Umuezikoha Council of Chiefs to receive the corpse of his dad. When that was done, the corpse was then laid in state for some selected persons to pay their final respect.
The members of the Ojinnaka family, the Umuonyiriegbe Family Union and some members of the Council of Chiefs went in and paid their last respect.