Deaconess Betsy Ikpeazu, 87-year-old mother of Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, is dead.
Mr Nnaji Obed Asiegbu, SSA to the governor on e-governance & Strategy, in a statement Monday, said Madam Ikpeazu died in the early hours of penultimate Sunday at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozara in Enugu State.
The late Mrs Ikpeazu, a registered nurse, lived with an artificial valve in her heart for 20 years, returned to Nigeria from the US in May ahead of her son’s swearing-in as the 4th democratically elected Governor of Abia State.
Our prayers and thoughts are with the governor and his family. May God grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
May God grant the soul of Mama Betsy Ikpeazu eternal rest…Amen, the statement concluded.
