“Your blood will hunt your killers all the days of their lives,” Late Ugochukwu’s family rain curses at funeral

It was a festival of tears and woes on Friday in Anambra as the remains of the late Ugochukwu Chukwudi Ozuah, the groom who was shot dead five days after exchanging marital vows in Lagos was committed to mother earth in his hometown, Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area of the State.
The late Ugochukwu, 36 was said to have been reportedly killed by policemen when he went to see his friend off at the Anthony Village area of Lagos.
Visibly bereaved friends and family members during his interment on Friday mourned uncontrollably when the brown coffin bearing his remains was opened for the lying-in-state ceremony at his family compound. Family members had urged the deceased to go after his killers.
It was further gathered that the men of God who came for the funeral also joined other visibly angry family members in raining curses on Ugochukwu’s killers, saying those behind the devilish act would know no peace in their entire life.
Standing speechless and helplessly behind the casket were Joan and his mother, Deaconess Chinwe Ozuah.
Tears of pains and anger trickled down their checks as they watched the late Ugochukwu being lowered into the grave.
The bereaved mother raised her voice saying: “Ugochukwu, is it you? Where have you been? You left me, why didn’t you wait for me to go first? Your blood will hunt your killers all the days of their lives. Amen.”
Earlier in his sermon at the funeral service held in the compound, Rev. Kevin Ohamara of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Awka urged the deceased’s family to take heart. The cleric who in his text from Ecclesiastics 7:1-2, said that though the pains of the family and all were that Ugochukwu was lost at his prime, the consolation should be that he finds a resting place in the Lord’s bosom.
He further said: “Whoever has a hand in the death of Ugochukwu will also go; the only difference is that he has gone ahead of him. Death is an appointment which every human being must keep and Ugo has kept his. God will bring judgment upon those that killed him.”
While praying God to give the bereaved family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, the cleric further reminded the living to prepare their ways so that when death comes knocking, they would not be caught unawares.
Describing Ugochukwu’s sudden demise as shattering and shocking, the eldest sister, Mrs. Nkay Nnonyelu, said the that the death of Ugochukwu was a heavy blow on the entire family.
She added that the family would be waiting for the report of the committee set up by the Inspector General of Police to investigate the incident, stressing that the family wants justice in the matter.
The Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Bala Nasarawa who was represented by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Umunze, Mr. Kingston Irozuru at the funeral alongside other 30 policemen urged the family to bear the loss with fortitudes.
Also speaking during the interment, a community leader from Mgbakwu, Chief Edwin Oraka while calling on the government to ensure that the culprits face the law, said that the entire community would greatly miss the late Ugochukwu.
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