Chief Tony Ezeani (Odenigbo) set to bury Dad on April 11th

Chief Tony Ezeani (Odenigbo Ukpor) is set to bury his beloved father, Nze Gabriel Okoli Ezeani (Ezeani Onye Akana Nwanneya Ahu) who died on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the age of 87.

Late Nze Ezeani was a devout Catholic, a philanthropist, community leader and one of the earliest business tycoons in his home town, Ukpor, Anambra state.


His rite of passage commences on Tuesday, 10th April 2018 with Funeral Wake at his home, Nze Gabriel Ezeani’s Compound, Umume-Ojiaku, Ehim-Umunuko, Ukpor.

The wake keep will be presided over by Most Rev. Dr Jonas Benson Okoye (Auxiliary Bishop of Awka Diocese). Wednesday, 11th April 2018, at 8:00 a.m, his body lies in State at his home. This will be followed by a Requiem Mass at his compound by Most Rev. Dr. Peter E. Okpalaeke (Former Bishop of Ahiara Diocese)

Interment follows immediately after the Mass. Condolences and Reception of Guests commence afterwards at the same venue.

On Sunday 15th April, 2018 at 9:00a.m, there will be a Thanksgiving Mass at St. Peter Claver’s Catholic Church, Umunuko, Ukpor.

While the Ezeanis mourn the departure of their patriarch, they request friends and well-wishers to always remember him in their prayers, so that his gentle, kind soul will rest in perfect peace.

The late Nze Gabriel Ezeani is survived by his wife, Mrs Florence Nwanyeke Ezeani alias Ota Aku, a native of Otolo, Nnewi who he married in 1962.

He is also survived by highly successful children and grandchildren including Chief (Sir) Chukwubuikem Ezeani, (Odenigbo Ukpor) Chairman, Tomez Group: Dara Kenneth Ezeani (Dara Nnakenyi), Managing Director, Rita-Ken Nig Ltd, Lagos; Ezike Ifeanyi Louis Ezeani (Ezike Nnayelugo), Managinig Director, Ifytez Automobile Ltd, Portharcourt; Mr Okwy Aloysius Ezeani(Umeh Ozodinobi) Managing Director Lozek Global and Associates Ltd Lagos; Mrs Uchenna Izuora( Nee Ezeani), Branch Manager FCMB, Amuwo Odofin Lagos; Dr. Ignatius Ugochukwu Ezeani(Okpala Nwachinemelu), Consultant Physcian/ Endocrinologist, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State; Mrs Nneka Okolocha( Nee Ezeani), Assistant Manager, Zenith Bank Plc, Lagos; Mrs Ogochukwu Annie Mowarin (Nee Ezeani), Service Officer, Keystone Bank, Lagos; Mr. Tochukwu Kingsley, Umuahia and Miss Odinihuka Ezeani, England.

May his memory be a blessing!

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