Orphans of truck victims get Anambra scholarship

The Anambra State Government has granted scholarship awards to the three surviving children of the late Mr. Ikechukwu Odinigwe, who, along with his wife and another child, were crushed to death by a truck two weeks ago.

The children will enjoy the scholarship awards of the state government up to university level.

Governor Willie Obiano said this on Friday during the burial of the couple and their first son at  St Anthony Catholic Church, Enugwu-Ukwu.

Obiano, who consoled the Odinigwe family for the tragic loss, observed that the survival of the three children of the Odinigwe family was a miracle.‎

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“There is no doubt that God’s mercy was at work. Anyone who visited the site of that accident like I did with my wife after visiting the children at the hospital, can attest to the miracle. May their soul rest in peace,” he said.

In his sermon, the Spiritual Director of Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Ukeh, Rev Fr. Emmanuel Obinma, said the three members of the Odinigwe family, whose bodies were contained in white caskets had embarked on a journey.

He noted that death was a leveler that spared no one, saying it comes with pain and sorrow when we lost friends and relatives.

He ‎called on his guests to take solace in  the fact that Christ swallowed death, thereby  giving hope of resurrection to the righteous.

Saying there was an invisible hand of God at work at the time of the accident, he recalled, “I was out of the country, but I tried very hard to reach him on the telephone to no avail. Perhaps the message would have altered his movement on that day.”

Expressing appreciation of the family, Mr Uchenna Odinigwe, a brother of the deceased, said expressed the family’s appreciation to Obiano and his wife for their visits and support since the accident occurred.