Thursday 27 October 2016

First Surviving Twin In Ohafia Dies At 94

The first surviving twin in Ohafia, Julie Nne Nwariaku,is dead, she died at the age of 94. She was the widow of I. N. Onum, a retired federal civil servant. Among her sons also is the first Political Editor
Punch newspapers.In the days when twins and their mothers were cast out in Ohafia, chief missionaries of the Presbyterian Church rescued young Onum, then raised and trained her. She is survived by her children, Julie Nwariaku, a retired permanent secretary; Chief O.A. Ndukwe, a maritime entrepreneur and director of RANGK Company; Nduka Onum, a veteran journalist and first political editor of The Punch Newspapers, and Mrs. Egu Mgbonye, a retired newspaper administrator, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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