Ohanaeze, Uzodimma Mourn Kalu’s Wife, Ifeoma

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide says it received with rude shock the news of the death of Mrs. Ifeoma Orji Uzor Kalu, the wife of Senate chief whip and former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu.

In a release made available to newsmen by the group’s national publicity secretary, Dr Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia,  it said although death is an inevitable reality for all mortals, it is the reminisces that “we shall forever miss her beauty, charm, warmth, care, passion and the invaluable services she rendered to humanity while alive that throw us into deep mourning.

According to him, “the former first lady of Abia State, Mrs Ifeoma Orji Uzor Kalu has been described variously as a kind-hearted, disciplined, diligent, brilliant, wholesome and virtuous woman; a physician whose skill and expertise found full expression in the United States of America. It is therefore painful that death will strike at the age she should enjoy the rewards of her services to mankind.

“The chairman, Council of Elders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (Ahaejiagamba) and indeed all the organs of Ohanaeze Ndigbo share this moment of grief with our brother and son, Orji Uzor.

“While we send our condolences to the distinguished senator, the children and the extended family, we also pray to the Almighty to grant the soul of Mrs Ifeoma Orji Uzor Kalu an eternal rest in his bosom.

Also, the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has commiserated with Kalu over the sudden death of Ifeoma Ada, describing the loss as huge.

Mrs Kalu, according to her husband, died in the United States of America.

In a statement by Oguwike Nwachuku, the chief press secretary/media adviser to the governor, Uzodimma received the news of Mrs Kalu’s passing at 61 with deep shock and sadness, regretting that the family, friends, Abia State and the society at large had lost a warm, kind-hearted, God- loving and God-fearing woman and mother.

The governor recalled that as first lady of Abia State, the deceased did a lot in the service of the downtrodden, the women, the children, the physically-challenged and generally, humanity and God.