Okrika agog for funeral of First Lady’s mum

Okrika agog for funeral of First Lady’s
mum
on october 30, 2013 at 10:02 pm in news
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT — OKRIKA, home town of the First
Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is agog ahead of
the funeral of her mother, Madam Charity  Oba,
which begins today. Despite the heavy security
presence in the community, residents are in joyous
mood.
Sources claimed that cows and bags of rice were
distributed to several families in the town as part of
efforts to decongest the venue of the funeral
programme tomorrow.
“They gave many families cows and bags of rice to
cook and eat at their residences, so that they would
not come to the venue of the burial because the
crowd being expected would be too large,” a
community source said.
Another native also hinted that some amounts of
money were also given to various families to buy
drinks and other condiments to go with the rice and
cow.