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The remains of the precocious ARISE News anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, person been buried amid tears astatine Agulu, Anaocha section authorities country of Anambra State with the 2023 Labour Party statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, successful attendance connected Saturday.
The deceased, fondly called ‘Sommie’ portion alive, died
during an equipped robbery onslaught astatine her residence successful Abuja successful September.
The remains of the writer were interred aft the ceremonial Mass astatine St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Agulu, successful the beingness of her household members, relatives, friends, colleagues, and different dignitaries.
Delivering a homily astatine the burial wide astatine St Theresa Catholic Church, Agulu, Rev. Fr. Peter Ezewuzie, consoled the family, asking them to instrumentality solace successful the information that Sommie lived a prime life.
Ezewuzie said, “The Lord who created america knows the opening from the end. He is all-knowing, and immoderate of you whitethorn beryllium unhappy that a beingness has been chopped short, but you won’t cognize if that is however God planned it.
“He (God) is an all-knowing father, truthful I impulse you to grieve less. God, who gave Christelle Somtoo Maduagwu to your family, loves her much than you do. The lone happening you beryllium her is to proceed to retrieve her successful your prayers. She is successful a amended spot contiguous and volition ever retrieve us, too.
“The maturity of beingness is the prime of beingness lived and not however long, and we tin beryllium definite that our sister lived a prime life. Let america strive to unrecorded our lives well. We are not present by chance; determination is idiosyncratic who brought america here, and helium expects that you volition unrecorded a bully beingness due to the fact that nary 1 knows erstwhile it volition beryllium their time.”
Also speaking aft the ceremonial Mass, Opposition fig Peter Obi, a autochthonal of Agulu, described Sommie’s decease arsenic heartbreaking and a achy reminder of the insecurity plaguing the nation.
Obi said, “We tin not question God. When I heard of her death, I didn’t cognize that she was from Agulu, adjacent earlier I tweeted astir it.
“Our coming present volition assistance to console you, but we cognize that this nonaccomplishment is simply a immense one. It is the privation of God, and nary of america tin question God. Please bash retrieve her and her contiguous household successful your prayers.
“Before I near Birmingham yesterday, I told immoderate radical who were with maine that I was rushing backmost to Nigeria for the burial of 1 of my daughters. I told them to retrieve to commune for her each the time, arsenic she volition beryllium buried today.”
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