The late Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Chukwuka Okonjo, has been buried.
Prof. Okonjo was buried on Saturday with family and well-wishers attending his funeral.
Okonjo died at the age of 91 in the United States.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta was part of guests who attended the funeral.
Tweeting afterwards, he said: “Today, I joined the family of the late Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo at Ogwashi Ukwu, to pay my last respects to the great monarch at his funeral.”
Today, I joined the family of the late Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo at Ogwashi Ukwu, to pay my last respects to the great monarch at his funeral. pic.twitter.com/g9NzyGve2b
— Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa (@IAOkowa) December 21, 2019
Also at the funeral was a former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniels, and the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.
