The funeral mass in honour of Mrs Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, held on Wednesday at the Holy Cross Cathedral Church, Lagos.
From Left; Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, Dr Sota Omoigui,[son], Mrs Ifueko Omoigui Okauru,[Daugther], & Former Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, [FIRS], Mr Asishana Okauru, Director General of Governor Forum, and Mr Daniel Omoigui, husband of the deceased, during the Funeral Mass in Honour of Mrs Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, held on Wednesday 4-1-2017, At Holy Cross Cathedral Church Lagos
From Right; Mr Nosa Omoigui, Mrs Eunice Omoigui, Mr Eghosa Omoigui, Mrs Ifueko Omoigui Okauru,[Daugther], Former Chairman Federal Inland Revenues Service [FIRS], Mr Asishana Okauru, Director General of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Sota Omoigui,[son], and Mr Daniel Omoigui, Husband of deceased during the Funeral Mass in Honour of Mrs Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, .
From Left; Dr Sota Omoigui,[son], Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Ifueko Omoigui Okauru,[Daugther], Former Executive Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service, [FIRS], and Mr Daniel Omoigui, Husband of deceased, during the Funeral Mass in Honour of Mrs Grace Onaiwu OmoiguiFuneral ceremonies began on January 2, 2017, with a ‘Walking Mom’s path’ event in Lagos.
Service of Songs was held on January 3, followed by the funeral mass at the Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos Island today.
The six-day funeral ceremony will end on January 7 with a reception in Benin after a Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Benin.
The family plans to use the ‘Walking Mom’s path’ events held in Lagos and scheduled for Benin, to raise awareness of causes their mom believed in – teacher education and welfare – in Lagos as well as care for the elderly and the dead, in Benin.
Mrs. Omoigui (nee Asemota) died last month at a Lagos hospital following complications from multiple gunshot injuries from an armed robbery attack in Benin, Edo State, on her way from a bank. She was one month away from her 83rd birthday.
A teacher, lawyer, and magistrate, Mrs. Omoigui was the mother of reputed Nigerian military historian, Nowamagbe Omoigui, and former Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ifueko Okauru.