Janefrances Chibuzor
The Organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ambassador Ikechi Uko will be burying his father Elder S. O.Uko on the 11th of April at Ogbuebilla Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. Elder Uko died at the age of 98 years and 10 months on the 1st of October 2024. He was born on the 29th of December 1925 to Elder Enyinnaya Uko (Egbu gi bekee) of the Uko Iroegbu household of Ekpinma Ngwaukwu Ogbuebilla, OboroIkwuano LGA Abia State
He joined the Nigerian Railways in 1956 as a communication technician. This took him around the country, and he had his children in different towns in Nigeria. He was also a Lay preacher with the Methodist Church of Nigeria. He lost his wife in 2009. The Service of Songs will be held at The Methodist Wesley Cathedral in Enugu on the 7th of April. According to Ambassador Ikechi Uko, “My Dad was a great inspiration and a great example for living a fulfilled life. I always teased him that he got me into travelling only that he travelled by Rail but I travel by air. He will be well missed by his sibling, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”
