The lead counsel to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr Peter Obi who is Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) yesterday 24th March 2023 buried his young daughter Bar. Nwanaki Ikpeazu who died at 31 years of age after a brief illness.
Chinyelugo Chuba Ikpeazu Jnr., son of the legal luminary, had in an earlier press statement announcing her sudden demise stated that Nwankia died on Saturday, March 11, 2023 after a brief illness and would be buried within the shortest time frame to mitigate the family’s grief
Part of the press statement reads:
It is with a heart filled with grief that the Family of Justice Chuba Ikpeazu, QS, of Umudei, Umuosma Quarters, Onitsha, announces the funeral rites of their daughter, Miss Nwankie Ikpeazu on Friday, March 24, 2023.
Aged 31, Nwankie, who died on Saturday, March 11, 2023, is the second daughter. of the Abuja-based legal luminary, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN.
The family decided on account of Nwankie’s youthful age to bury her remains within the shortest time frame to mitigate their grief.
The burial ceremony had in attendance the Labour Party presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi, The governor of Enugu State RT. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and The Governor Elect Bar. Peter Mbah, Sen. Stella Oduah, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah and Sen. Victor Umeh.
May her young soul rest in peace.