The Okonkwo Family of Urueze village in Ekwulumili community, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State has announced the burial date of their son and Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo
Angel Network News (ANN) recalls that
Fr. Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, was murdered by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at the Ihiala axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road.
According to a burial poster signed by Mr. Edmund Okonkwo (for the family), the late priest will be laid to rest on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at the Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral, Nnewi.
It further added family funeral will hold at Fr. Okonkwo’s home parish, St. Luke Catholic Church, Urueze Ekwulumili on January 24, while condolence visits continue at his family house, opposite Urueze Village Hall Ekwulumili same day.
The priest, a pharmacist, who doubled as the Manager of the respective Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala, was aged 40 years before his death.
