Last year October, a family of six in Amakwa, a community in the Ozubulu town of Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, died of food poisoning. IKENNA OBIANERI, who visited the community ahead of the burial slated for November 29, 2022, reports that one year after, the community has not got over the tragedy
Death is an inevitable end but the one that wiped away a family of six in Amakwa, a community in Ozubulu town, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, is not the type one should wish for even one’s enemy.
When the news of the death of Mr Augustine Nwokedi, his wife, Josephine, and their four children surfaced in the media space last week, it was greeted with shock and sadness.
Unknown to many, however, the incident happened October 8, 2021 rather than October 8, 2022, as erroneously portrayed by the obituary poster of the family of six, which circulated widely on the social media.
The poster, which has the photographs of the six deceased, was headlined: “Painful Exit of One Family.”
It read: “The entire family of the late Chief Joseph A. Nwokedi (Ezennadike) of (Umuifeduba) in Umuomukwe Amakwa Ozubulu Ekwusugo LGA of Anambra State, regret to announce the passing away of our beloved brother, wife, sons and daughter, whose death occurred on October 8, 2022, after taking their dinner.”
This ‘unconscious’ error in date, therefore, brought painful freshness to the tragedy.
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