" DAYS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THEIR MEMORY"

"DAYS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR
             THEIR MEMORY"

It all began a year ago, in November 2024, when the shadow of death, through its agent - sickness, brooded over our rooftops. It started with our patriarch, the late Robinson Chiabuotu Ijebuonwu, also known as Bolingo. What began as a minor hiccup escalated into a life-threatening ailment.

The matriarch, the late Dame Helen Nwauru Ijebuonwu, his mother, was visibly fearful and worried about her beloved son's survival. She had wished he would outlive her to oversee her burial, but fate had other plans. Sensing her own days were numbered, she prepared and cooked delicious meals for her ailing son, which he relished, hoping it would be his passover feast. However, the angel of death would not pass over his door.

The matriarch, whose son visited daily, could no longer see him due to his illness. She worried and pined away, and her health suffered tremendously. Unable to hold on, she yielded to death on the night of November 19th, 2024. Four days later, on November 23rd, 2024, her son joined his ancestors.

These dates, November 19th and 23rd, 2024, are etched in unimaginable grief and sorrow, days to remember and honor their memory.

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