By Chidi-Peters Okorie
Abuja, NIGERIA — On Friday, May 3, 2024, the Queen of Mburubu Kingdom in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Her Royal Majesty Queen Josephine Nwakaego Ezeh, embarks on her final journey with thousands of mourners, friends and well-wishers expected to attend the funeral.
The solemn departure of the queen body from the Eastern Medical Centre Enugu marks the start of an odyssey of mourning for Mburubu community.
Pallbearers carrying the queen’s coffin will make a two hours journey through Nkanu lands before arriving at the Igwe Ozulumba Palace in Mburubu, where it will rest for few hours for close family and relatives to pay tribute and their respects before it is accompanied by the Prince of Mburubu Kingdom, Engr. Prince Lawrence Ezeh and other members of the Royal Family to St. John Catholic Church Mburubu to lie for public viewing and the funeral Mass. Afterwards, her remains will be brought back to the palace for internment. Reception will be held at the Community Primary School Mburubu for visiting guests.
Leading up to Queen’s burial, on Thursday, May 2, 2024, a wake-keep and night of tributes will be held for the Queen at the Igwe Ozulumba Palace in Umudara Mburubu.
After the burial, a four-day of series of cultural ceremony with symbolism begin for the right royal farewell.
Leading alongside her husband, Igwe E.M.O. Ezeh, the impact of her loss was keenly felt by the people, and of course, by the royal family themselves.
As a first class King’s wife, her essential spirit—strong, proud, hard-working, unimpressed with conventional marks of status and full of common sense and good humor—never changed.
Mburubu community will bid farewell to the Queen with all the pomp and flourish it could muster, pouring forth thanks to a woman who epitomized humility, integrity, uprightness, diligence, patriotism, fidelity and uncommon humaneness. She was greatly loved and cherished by her people.
The aura of peace and tranquility that Her Majesty wore, the exemplary leadership that The Queen bore, engendered deference which combined to hold the community together after the demise of her husband, the King.
Besides being a loving mother and extraordinary Queen and mother, she was a great humanitarian in all spheres.
Queen Josephine Ezeh has come, she has seen and has indeed conquered. Her transition, unquestionably, marks the end of an era. She has walked her own path, inspiring a nation and the world along the way.
May God, the Creator, give Queen Josephine Nwakaego Ezeh eternal rest whilst providing comfort to the family and sustaining the bond within the Mburubu Kingdom.
Fare thee well quintuple quintessential Queen!
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