•Late Prof Ben Nwabueze
The national committee for the burial of Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN, co chaired by by His Excellency, Chief Emeka Anyaoku GCON, CFR and Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu, CFR, President-General of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, has announced the final funeral rites of departed Elder Statesman, Eminent Jurist and Constitutional Icon, Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN, CON.
Nwabueze was until his demise the chairman of Eminent National Leaders of Nigeria, popularly known as The Patriots.
The timetable for the funeral rites is as follows, as contained in a statement signed by the secretary of the national burial committee, Comrade Olawale Okunniyi, and obtained by The Frontier:
1. Thursday, February 22, 2024 – Valedictory Court Session at the State High Court Premises, Ikeja, Lagos State by the Judiciary at 2pm. To be presided over by the Chief Judge of Lagos State
2. Friday, February 23, 2024 – Day of Tributes in Lagos at Harbour Point Event Centre, Amadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos at 2pm.
3. Thursday, February 29, 2024 – Family Private Burial Ceremony in Atani, Anambra State.
4. Friday, March 1, 2024 – National Tributes and Celebration of Life in Atani, Anambra State at 12noon.
5. Monday, March 18, 2024 – National Colloquium/Dialogue at Nigeria Institute of International Affairs NIIA, 3/5, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos is being organised by the Patriots at 11am to coincide with the the 10th Year Anniversary of the Nigerian National Confab of 2014, inaugurated on 17th March, 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The historic National Colloquium being organised in honour of Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN, a foremost champion of the 2014 National Confab, will be chaired by Chief Emeka Anyaoku GCON, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and Chairman of The Patriots.
Expected at the various events of the Obsequies, according to the statement, are; delegations and representatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria, former presidents and former vice presidents of Nigeria, various state governors including host governors in Lagos and Anambra states, former governors, delegation and members of the National Assembly, former senators and former members of the House of Representatives,
Others are; Present and former members of State Legislative Assembly, envoys of foreign missions in Nigeria, leaders of socio-cultural and political groups, delegation and members of the Bench and the Bar, close associates and friends of the late eminent jurist.
