The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, and top government officials could not hide their emotions as the remains of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Communication Technology, Sunny Ofilii, were laid to rest in Asaba, the state capital, on Friday.
The funeral rites of the late Ofili, one of the pioneers of online journalism in Nigeria, which began on Thursday with a service of songs at Issele-Azagba, climaxed on Friday with a valedictory State Executive Council session at the Unity Hall, funeral service at the Dominion Christian Centre and eventual interment at his Asaba residence.
Uduaghan, who had presided over the valedictory session, while speaking at the funeral service, described the death of Ofili as a personal loss.
He said: “I believe after the wife and children, I am most hit by his (Sunny Ofili’s) death.”
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