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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Nigerian Newsleader Newspaper, Celestine Okafor, has lost his mother-in-law, Evelyn Okwosha-Nwabiani.
She died at the age of 85 years in her home town, Oguta in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo West senatorial district, Imo State.
Until her death, Okwosha-Nwabiani was a junior school teacher, gifted seamstress and a devout Christian; a respected community matriarch who was renowned for her frank talk on issues affecting individuals and her community.
She was also known for promoting peace, unity and love among individuals, groups, families and community people in Oguta town. Mama Evelyn Happiness, as she was popularly known and referred to in Oguta, was a strong adherent of the Grail Message Movement and a cross bearer of Grail.
She has five surviving children out of eight, including, Frank Obiora Nwabiani; Marilyn Nwabiani-Ani; Juliet Nwabiani-Okafor, an economist and managing director/chief executive officer of SeaRoute Communications Limited; Rita Nwabiani-Uzor and Sharon Ngozi-Nwabiani, among many grand and great grand children.
Her burial plans, according to a funeral statement by her first son and head of the family, Frank Obiora Nwabiani, an Abuja-based businessman, have begun.
