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‘Quietly and privately’ – How Onyeka Onwenu wished to be buried
The burial desires of the late Nigerian actress and singer, Onyeka Onwenu have reappeared online.
Onwenu died on Wednesday, July 30, 2024, after collapsing at the 80th birthday celebration of Emzor Pharmaceuticals’ CEO, Stella Okolie.
In the article, she stated that she had given her family instructions on how to bury her.
She wrote: “Just days before the most outrageous burial of Innyom Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu in Oba, Anambra State, in July, I told a friend that I had given instructions to my family on how to bury me when my time comes.
“Do it quickly, quietly and privately. Celebrate me with prayers, lunch or dinner afterwards. Share some jokes about me and laugh. Mourn, yes, but not excessively. Make merriment, and then go about your business. If friends want to celebrate me, they should do so while I’m alive, so that I can enjoy it with them, not when I’m gone and have no idea about this. That is me.
“I’m very uncomfortable with lavish displays of wealth on any occasion, especially in a time of hardship and lack for most others.”