Nigeria: Jonathan, Patience Attend Ojukwu's Funeral At Nnewi

2 March 2012

Nnewi — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Patience, several members of the federal executive council, Governors of the South East and South geo-political zones are attending the Requiem Mass preceding the internment of the former Biafran Leader, Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu at St. Michael De-Archangel Catholic Church, Umudim Nnewi.

In a homily, Bishop Emeritus Orlu. Diocese, Bishop Gregory Ochiagha, thanked President Jonathan and the entire nation for giving Ojukwu a befitting burial.

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