Victor EzejaThere will be service of songs for late popular Anambra lawmaker, Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo today, 17 August 2023.
According to a statement signed by his son, Hon. Uchenna Harris Okonkwo, who currently represents Idemili North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, the service of songs will be held at Harbour Point, 4 Wilmot Point Road, Victoria lsland, Lagos at 5:00 PM.
There will also be requiem mass on Friday, August 18, 2023 (tomorrow) at Church of Assumption, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos at 10:00 AM.
Senator Okonkwo, who hails from Iruebenebe village, Ojoto in Idemili South Local Government Area, died on 7 June 2023 at the age of 63 in the United States.
The business mogul represented Anambra Central Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
His burial has been scheduled for Wednesday 30 August 2023.
Okonkwo, the Agunaechemba I of Ojoto, was an entrepreneur who built a conglomerate with business interests in oil and gas, Telecommunications, Commodity Trading, Real Estate Development, Manufacturing and General Commerce. The forms include as Reliance Telecomm, Clemco Industries, Modern Communications (satellite TV Network), MacClemm Marketing Communications, Sunflower Nigeria and Pentagon Oil.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
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