July 20, (THEWILL) – Almost 200 friends of Obi Iyiegbu, otherwise known as Obi Cubana, resolved to make the burial ceremony of his late mother, Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu, who died in December 2020, one that will keep many Nigerians talking for a long time. And did they succeed? They did, to a large extent. First, they each sent in their widow’s mites of varying sums of money through a Fidelity Bank account set up for that purpose.
Friends of the bereaved made their contributions, ranging from sums of money as low as N200, 000 to N5million. The contributors include Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who donated N1m; popular businessman and hotelier, Chima Anyaso, who donated N500,000; businessman Emeka Okonkwo (E-Money), a younger brother to singer Kingsley Okonkwo, aka Kcee, who donated N2m; and a member of the Delta State House of Assembly, Friday Osanebi, who donated N500,000.
Also, Kingsely Okpala, the face behind New Age phone accessories, donated N1m and Obi Obi donated N5m, among other donors. Leading the roll call for cow donations was none other than Pascal Okechukwu, otherwise known as Cubana Chief Priest, Obi’s former staff, friend and confidant who consolidated their renewed friendship with 46 cows. Recall that the duo were not on speaking terms for about 10 months after Okechukwu decided to leave Obi’s employ to set up his own nightclub business. They however resolved their feud in May at a friends’ mother’s burial ceremony.
Jospeh Eze Okafor, otherwise known as Jowizaza, donated 10 cows and others followed with one or two cows as their contribution. The burial proper, which held on Friday, July 16, at Afor Uzo Oba in Anambra State continued till Saturday. The event would probably have lasted one week but for the need to return to work on Monday. Besides his friends and associates who made it to the ceremony, quite a number of celebrities like Alex Ekubo, Kingsley Okonkwo, aka Kcee, Kanyo O Kanayo, Ubi Franklin, etc, joined in the merry making.
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