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NDLEA Chairman Marwa First Wife For Burial January 29 In Imo

  • NDLEA Chairman Marwa First Wife For Burial January 29 In Imo

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the remains of Chief Salome Zainab Marwa (Nee Agbaso), Igolo Oha 1, first wife of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,  Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), will be laid to rest on 29th January in Emekuku in the Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State.

Mrs Marwa, Aged 66 years, a former First Lady of Borno State died Saturday, January 8, in Abuja, after an unexpected heart attack.

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According to a burial announcement signed by Ochoudo Martin Agbaso (MFR), for the family, her internment will be preceded by a Requiem Mass in her honour on Wednesday, the 26th of January, 2022, at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral in Abuja before her final journey to her hometown.

Late Chief (Mrs.) Salome Zainab Marwa a native of Emekuku in the Owerri North LGA, Imo State, was born to the family of Nathaniel and Anna Charity Agbaso.

She was an elder sister to Chief Martin Agbaso (Ochoudo), His Excellency Jude Agbaso, former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Jovita, the owner of the popular Jevnik chain of Restaurants, among other siblings.

Her mother is still alive.

She was the beloved mother of four adult children – Abubakar, a businessman and entrepreneur, Mohammed (a Senior . Military Officer), Mariam and Zainab (Special Assistant to the FCT Minister). She was, also, the doting grandmother of 10 grandchildren.

Mrs. Marwa spoke to her younger brother, Chief Agbaso, by 2.45pm on Friday, and passed on at 12.47am, Saturday, January 8, in Abuja, after an unexpected heart attack the same Saturday, January 8.

As the First Lady of Borno State, she had a passion for the improvement of the lives of women and the girl-child. A businesswoman, she carried on with her passion after office, concentrating especially, on religious work.

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