Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr, one of the daughters of the slain Dr Chike Akunyili, on Tuesday posted on Instagram a video of her father giving money to an old woman.
Akunyili was killed last Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra State when he was returning from a lecture in honour of his late wife Prof Dora Akunyili.
Exactly one week after his death, Mrs Akunyili-Parr said in her post that the “load of our grief is lessened by videos such as this.”
Narrating her father’s encounter with the old woman, she wrote, “On his way home, he saw an old woman with a heavy wheelbarrow full of plantains. He continued home, got the needed cash and came back to where she was, and proceeded to buy all her plantains.
“He counts out the money to the soundtrack of her cries of joy and blessings as she dances away. ‘Nothing is as good as giving joy,’ he adds, a happy smile on his face.
“Thank you all for your condolence messages in this time of immense mourning. Our joy is to know that we do not grieve alone, and our hope continues to be that his death not be in vain.” (sic)
Akunyili-Parr, a writer, had earlier revealed that she spoke to her father a day before his death and he assured her of his safety.
