The late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu would be buried in an American gold mixed with bronze casket the Sun reports.
Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, who is in London to begin preparations for bringing back the corpse of the departed Biafran warlord told Saturday Sun that the make-up of the casket was to depict the simple nature of Ojukwu when he was alive.
She disclosed that the customised casket has the family crest and the family coat of arms.
Asked how Ojukwu wanted to be buried, Bianca said that besides making specific request that his body be taken to Aba, in Abia State, he did not as such set other standards, though he was in love with the Roman army.
“Therefore, I would want that he be laid out as a Roman General. You know he was in love with the army and had loved Roman Generals. Therefore, he would be laid out as a Roman General,” she said.
Bianca said that she moved to London well ahead of burial committee members to enable her clear the customised casket.
With the casket cleared, Bianca said that they are looking forward to a requiem mass to be organised in honour of Ojukwu today at the St George’s Cathedral in London by the Igbo community in the United Kingdom, which would be followed by an all-night wake-keep.
Tomorrow, she said they would begin the journey back home, with a brief stopover in Abuja on Monday, where a brief military ceremony would be held for Ojukwu by the Nigerian Army.
She thanked the Nigerian High Commission for the role the commissioner and his deputy played in London, saying that help from the Igbo living in London has been amazing, as everybody wanted to play one role or the other.
Source: Sun online
so happy wit d burial committee members and family members of our leader…Eze igbo gburugburu for all they done so far.
He deserves a befitting burial like this.
Our Ikemba in life u were great, in death u r greater. U wil ever live in oue heart.
Tank u for standing up for us wen it mattered. We wil live d dream.
Welcome home
Madness where loads of people in his local community are in poverty. Hiss. Rubbish
@harry, u are a fool. We are not complainin neither are asking u for financial assistance. Infidel like u,go to hell. We do things our way. U don’t have a leader so u don’t know we feel bastard. Pls don’t come to steal d GOLD after his burial.
@ Destined why r u abusing Harry? He made a point!! Try and make yours too and stop d abuses pls
@ Harry. I tink u nid 2 b taken 2 d d psychiatric hospital cus u are Mad.
Adieu Ikemba!Adieu Ojukwu!Adieu Eze Igbo GburuGburu.We Will Greatly Miss You.as for those who are unhapi dat Ikemba is bin Honour by his pple d jews, wel wot do one xpect frm those GENTILE NATIONS dat calls dem selfs nigerians
harry, y shuld u say such a wrd to ur felow human bein by givn him a name to be an infedal. do u knw realy where u ar goin ethier hell
harry or what you called yourself, you are a big fool, useless tin, do you know who ojukwu is to us, do you know what he is to us, he deserve more than a golden casket, if you are an igboist what did ur parent did for us, nothing, foooooollll like you, go to healll.
It doesn’t rily matter wt they bury him wit…wt matters most is his soul..whr his he gonna spend eternity???
It doesnt rily matter what they bury him wit….wt matters most is his soul…whr is he gonna spend eternity??????
God bless everybody
Buryin hm wt golden casket or platinum casket maks no diff wat matters is were he spends his eternity.
It doesnt matter if he is buried with diamond,he is going 6ft,thats for sure,ikemba is a great man and can neva be forgoteen.
People dey hunger, dem con dey bury person with Gold….i laugh my ass out…..anyhw sha! 4 dis world, make ur money and kip chopping it even 4 grave!
I pray he gains rest…and dos wey need cash fit strik d casket afta 1mnth abeg! Long live biafra ruler!
odumegu ojukwu aka ikemba of ilewe was a great hero who was reading 2 fight and deviate out of d greading nig. Govt. Due 2 lack of cooperation among d south and and east makes d northernas dominate which is now a great problem 2 nigeria govt. Today. I know very soo d war wil soo start and wil play major role 4 it
Ojukwu is man 2 be honoured he deserved all dat he is given.
IKEMBA anaa mmo! ka YAHWEH nke umu ISREAL nara mkpulu obi gi nadokwa amen
@ critisizers; if Ikemba is buried with just plywood or better still, ordinary kaki, will it stop people from being poor? let’s be reasonable @ once. kindly take ur criticism to the appropriate quarters, and i want to beg to be corrected that if care is not taken none of u criticisers has ever helped ur nebos let alone affecting peoples life. Rubbish!
I don’t blame anybody, I fill sorry for those innocent souls who lost their dear lives during the BIAFRA war, In my village many under aged youth were drag to the war front even their corpse did not come back but here is the masterminder of such tragic event just died few days ago and people are hailing him. the question is where is BIAFRA today. anyway may his soul rest in peace, HEAVEN IS REAL AND HELLFIRE IS REAL.
I for one dont care if he is buried or left to decay,or if he is buried with crude oil,dis man is responsible for thousands of death and ran away when shit hit the fan,a power monger who achieved nothing,a selfish coward who couldnt face d heat but sent innocent ignorant souls to thier early deaths,i have one sentence 4 u,gud riddiance to smelling rubbish,now go and be judged.if u feel hurt by my words go hug transformer and join him.mcheww
U ar 4rm dust and to dust you shall return
Pls,We Have No Right To Judge Any1.Let God Be The Judge Over Ojukwu’s Issue.
Focus On Ur Own Living And Make It Right.
HEAVEN AND HELL IS MORE REAL THAN YOU.