By Adadainfo
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Tuesday, said it received the news about the death of Mrs Ifeoma Kalu with shock.
Mrs Kalu, wife of the Senate chip and former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, died at 61 in the United States of America, her husband had announced on Monday through his verified Facebook page.
Orji had written that, “With a heavy heart and pain, we announce the passing on to eternal glory of Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu aged 61 years.
“She was a woman of virtue who was committed to the service of God and humanity. Please remember her and loved ones in prayers at this difficult period.”
Ohanaeze’s condolence message was issued by its national publicity secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia.
According Ogbonnia, “Although death is an inevitable reality for all mortals, it is the reminisces that we shall forever miss her beauty, charm, warmth, care, passion and the invaluable services she rendered to humanity while alive that throw us into deep mourning.
“The former First Lady of Abia State, Mrs Ifeoma Orji Uzor Kalu, has been described variously as a kind hearted, disciplined and virtuous woman of substance; a physician whose skill and expertise found full expression in the United States of America. It is therefore painful that death will strike at the age she should enjoy the rewards of her services to mankind.”
The pan-Igbo group also sympathised with the Orji’s, and ‘prayed to the Almighty to grant the soul of Mrs Ifeoma Orji Uzor Kalu an eternal rest in His bosom’.
