Okonjo-Iweala’s father buried

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The late Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Chukwuka Okonjo, has been buried.

Prof. Okonjo was buried on Saturday with family and well-wishers attending his funeral.

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Okonjo died at the age of 91 in the United States.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta was part of guests who attended the funeral.

Tweeting afterwards, he said: “Today, I joined the family of the late Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo at Ogwashi Ukwu, to pay my last respects to the great monarch at his funeral.”

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Also at the funeral was a former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniels, and the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.