Former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has announced the death of his mother, Dame Dorothy Ihedioha, (nee Okereke) aged 90.
Ihedioha disclosed this on Friday in a post via his Facebook page titled, “Our Matriach transits to eternity”
He disclosed that she died on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Abuja.
“After a fruitful and eventful life of God’s abundant mercies and grace, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha (Nee Okereke) gloriously transited to eternity on Thursday 20th April 2023 in Abuja, with her family by her side.
Mama celebrated her 90th birthday on 28th August 2022.
While we thank friends and well-wishers who identified with us, particularly during our mother’s last days, we enjoin you to remember the family in your prayers.”
Ihedioha added that, “Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.”
Editor’s Note
In our post on February 19, 2023, in a story ‘Woman burns self to death over failure to offset N70,000 loan’, we reported that a middle-aged woman, simply known as Mama Dada, set herself ablaze over her inability to pay back a loan of N70,000 she reportedly took from a microfinance bank, LAPO. We have since discovered that the microfinance bank referred to in the story was not LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited. We apologise to the LAPO Group for the error in the identification of the name of the said microfinance bank where the deceased took the loan. The mix-up in the name of the MFB is not deliberate.
