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Guests from across the country turned out in their numbers to grace the burial ceremony of H.E. Radm. Denson Ere Okujaku (rtd), over the week at the State School, Azuabie, in the heart of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, and to pay their last respects as he was laid to rest at his country home Okujaku-Ama.
Speaking on the sidelines of the funeral, the first daughter of the late Denson Okujaku, Mrs. Ibiso Ibitoye, nee Okujagu, said though she would miss her late father greatly, she would find solace in the fact that her late father lived “a very fulfilled life.”
“My late father was ill but his mental health was alive and alert; I will say that my dad lived a well-fulfilled life, and I will greatly miss him,” she said.
She said she is proud of the legacy her father left behind, adding “I am grateful that my dad was peacefully laid to rest, and I am proud of the legacy that he left behind.”
Mrs. Ibitoye explained that one thing she would always miss about her father is that he was disciplined and a philanthropist.
Also speaking to our correspondent, Mrs. Florence Adeyemi, younger sister to the late Denson Okujaku who described him as very honest, adding that she would advise that the younger generation emulate his life of honesty in everything they find themselves doing.
Asked how she related with the late brother who was military officer, she laughed and said: “It was scaring, but his altitude guided me to the woman that I am today.
“He was my elder brother, but the whole house called him Father because he was a father to all,” adding that “we are praying that somebody can wear that shoe,” she said.
Denis I. Okujaku, cousin of the deceased, when asked his feeling about the life and time of the late Okujaku, responded thus: “I feel so elated because my uncle lived up to a good age. I lost my dad at the age of 84, and my uncle lived up to the age of 81 years which is fantastic.”
