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Funeral rites for the late Pastor Dimgba Igwe, the Associate
Publisher of Entertainment Express and Sunday Express Newspapers, will begin on
October 4, 2014, with a Service of Songs in Lagos.
The interment, according to a statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng
by the Nigerian Guild of Editors will hold at his Okafia, Igbere, Abia State
hometown on October 11, after funeral service.
The statement signed by Mr. Hanson Igwe, elder brother of the deceased, stated that the Service of Songs comes up at Evangel Pentecostal Church, 3–9, Chidi Okafor Street, Off Canal Avenue, Okota, Lagos, by 3p.m., on October 4. Igwe was Deputy General Overseer of the church till his death.
The statement signed by Mr. Hanson Igwe, elder brother of the deceased, stated that the Service of Songs comes up at Evangel Pentecostal Church, 3–9, Chidi Okafor Street, Off Canal Avenue, Okota, Lagos, by 3p.m., on October 4. Igwe was Deputy General Overseer of the church till his death.
While on Saturday, October 11, the funeral service will take place at Okafia, Igbere Primary School, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. The programme starts at 10a.m, followed by interment at the home of the deceased, also in Igbere.
Igwe, a seasoned journalist, and fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, was knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle on September 6, as he jogged in his Okota, Lagos, neighbourhood.
He is survived by a wife Obioma, and four children.
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