Herbert Wigwe. |
“Precious Eze’s Blog” have learned that the late Group CEO of Access Bank Holding Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe had prepared for his final resting place before death eventually struck.
According to a published work by News Express, “He built this private cemetery before he started the Wigwe University. His house here has been designed to have a special gate and walls separated from the university. I can tell you that he had a big vision. Very good vision and he was making efforts to ensure that those visions came to a reality. But what I cannot tell you right now is whether those visions will still be achieved”, a credible source decried.
Going spiritual, the source said, “It is only the owner of the vision that can implement his visions to the letter. I cannot say if those visions including the university will be accomplished in line with the dreams of the owner of the vision”.
Virtually all
the buildings within the university environment are receiving an accelerated
touch. Every completed building wears the same colour of pure white and some
black corrugated roofs. The internal road construction is ongoing with the
speed of light. Every staff knows his brief.
RCCG
Parish Isiokpo Wears New Face
Myriads of
activities were seen going on within the premises of the 48-acre “Lion of
Judah” Parish of RCCG, Isiokpo. Lands were being sand-filled for car parking in
anticipation of the heavy crowd that would attend the funeral next Saturday.
The 1000-seater
auditorium with 12 standing split air conditioning units built by the late
billionaire was being renovated to depict the status of the man who came, saw
and blessed anyone who crossed his path while alive. Residents who live close
to the church have donated their farmlands to be sand-filled for car parks
while the church itself has expanded deep into the interior to create more
space for the expected guests.
Pastor Moses
Abe, provincial pastor of Rivers 20, Isiokpo parish was away for a meeting in
Lagos when Saturday Vanguard visited, but the Parish pastor, Olaniyan Samuel,
was handy. “Our preparation here is to put everything in place to ensure that
we ease both human and vehicular traffic on that day”, he said.
“Our brother
Wigwe built the main church before he died. It was commissioned by the General
Overseer (Pastor Enoch Adeboye). He lived a good life. We will celebrate him
not to mourn because he lived a very good life worthy of emulation”.
Pastor Olaniyan
said the entire church will appear in Ankara material on Saturday for the
burial while all members of the church will be on white for the Thanksgiving
service on Sunday. “That is the way we want to celebrate him. We will forever
remember him and his good works while he was alive”.
The parish
pastor recollected that Dr. Wigwe was in the church premises a few days before
he travelled and promised to ensure that the electricity project he embarked
upon in the community would be realized. “That was the last time we saw him.
Some communities had started enjoying the light before his death”.
Not minding the
pains of their son’s death, the Wigwe family still went ahead to provide the
Ankara material that would be used by the church members in Isiokpo. To
reciprocate the gesture, Pastor Olaniyan said there would be a deliberate move
to ensure that the presence of RCCG is felt on the University campus to drive
the legacies and vision of the late Wigwe.
We’ve
Lost A Rare Gem
Dr. Chukwudi
Dimgba, a front-line politician in Isiokpo could not hold back his emotions
when he narrated the beautiful memories of late Herbert Wigwe. “He was the
light of Isiokpo kingdom. He put this kingdom on the global map through his
numerous legacy projects and empowerment programs”.
Dr. Dimgba
revealed that Isiokpo council of chiefs and indeed the entire Isiokpo people
will work in unison to give the deceased, his wife and son befitting burials.
“He will be accorded a full burial rite as a true son of the kingdom. Remember
that two weeks ago, the King declared a 7-day mourning period in honour of his
death. He deserves all the best because he was our light”.
USA
and Nigerian Govts On Trial
Preparations for
the burial of the Wigwes may be in top gear but the youths of the community
seem to have a joker off their sleeves. They are demanding for immediate
explanation from the governments of the United States where the helicopter
crashed and the Nigerian government over “its silence” on the root cause of the
death.
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