The wife of Delta State Governor and
founder 05 initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has urged political office holders to
be accountable to God and impact positively on the lives of their people.
Dame Okowa stated this on the 14th
June 2018 at the burial ceremony of Elder Friday Ogbonna Ohia, father of the
Governor's security detail, Justus Ogbonna in Abala Community, Imo State.
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| Wife of the Delta State Governor and Chairperson, 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa (2nd right), her Abia State counterpart, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu (right), and Mr Justice Ogbonna (left), during the funeral service of the father Mr Justice, Late Pa Friday Ogbonna at Abala I Abia State. |
She stressed that politicians must
humble themselves when they occupy positions of authority and positively impact
on the lives of the people and their communities, noting that they should
always acknowledge that they are nothing without God.
While urging Christians to live godly
lives, pleasing God always, the Governor's wife said the late Elder
Friday Ogbonna Ohia, who died at the age of eighty-five years was a peace maker
and a devout Christian.
Wife of the Abia State Governor, Mrs
Nkechi Ikpeazu called on all to develop a good relationship with God and man,
adding that the way a man lived on earth would determine the testimonies of
people concerning his life.
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| Wife of the Delta State Governor and Chairperson, 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa (2nd left), and her Abia State counterpart, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu, (left), Rt Hon Ndudi Elumelu (2nd right), and the bereave, Mr Justice Ogbonna, during thee burial ceremony of Late Pa Friday Ogbonna at Abala community in Abia State. |
She described the son of the deceased
and security detail of the Delta state Governor, Mr. Justus Ogbonna as a humble
man and urged those left behind to mourn to remain united and build on the
legacies of their father.
Mr. Justus Ogbonna had earlier read
his late father's biography in an open-air funeral service attended by family
members, friends and associates
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