Ikpeazu’s mum dies at 87

Abia State Governor,  Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has announced the death of his mother, Mrs. Bessie Ikpeazu (Nee Nwagwu). She was 87.
This was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Godwin Adindu.  The statement said Madam Bessie was  a career nurse and midwife, who died during a brief illness in the early hours of Sunday at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH),  Enugu.
Born on May 27, 1928 to Mr. and Mrs.  Nwagwu Anaba of Umuafor Village in Obingwa Local Government Area  of Abia State, her father died in 1944 when she was 16  and her mother took the decision to send her to school, which she started  at the age of 17.
Mrs. Ikpeazu got married to late Mr. Ishmael Uleanya Ikpeazu of Umuobiakwa Village, also in Obingwa,  in December 1961 and this union was blessed with three children; Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu ( Governor of Abia State), Mrs. Ocheze Edith Ugboaja and Barrister Iheanyichukwu Ugonna Ikpeazu.
Meanwhile, Ikpeazu has extolled the virtues of the late mother of Abia State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Donatus Nwankpa, Madam Emily Nwankpa, who died recently at the age of 103 years.

Speaking during the burial of the late Centenarian, Ikpeazu described her as an exceptional icon of motherhood whose milk of kindness touched many, adding that the late Emily’s commitment to the up bring of her children was a shinning example of her trademark.