Ndoma-Egba’s wife buried in Ikom

The wife of a former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, Amaka has been buried.

She was buried in Ikom, Cross River State Saturday.

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Ndoma-Egba said at the interment that when he died, he should be buried beside the grave of his wife.

Ndoma-Egba described his late wife as a builder of human beings, saying that he would continue to celebrate her as a strong woman that she was.

“We would celebrate her. It is not the quantity of life but the life in our soul. I want to be buried close to my wife when I die.”

Dignitaries from all walks of life were present in Ikom during the funeral obsequies.

Amaka, 54, died in a road crash on the Akure-Benin Road on her way to an event.

In his sermon, the Bishop of Ogoja Diocese, Rev. Fr. Dr. Donatus Akpan, stated that great people usually die young adding that “No one can escape death.”