Kefee buried amid tears
The
remains of the late popular gospel singer, Kefee, were finally laid to
rest in her home town, Okpara Inland of Ethiope East Local Government,
Delta State on Friday, as so many people could not control their
emotions.
Most of the mourners, dressed in black
tee-shirts with Kefee’s picture printed on them, carried placards and
posters of the late singer as they trooped to the burial site.
Before the interment, a homecoming
service was held in her honour at Akpevweoghene Educational Centre,
Okpara Inland of Ethiope East Local Government, Delta State where
family, colleagues, friends and fans gathered to pay their last respect
to the late singer.
Her remains, in a white casket, were
first taken to one of the classrooms in the school where some pastors
prayed for the repose of her soul. Thereafter, the casket was brought to
an open field for the lying in state ceremony before she was buried.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that
her widower, Teddy Don-Momoh, dressed in white attire, couldn’t say much
all through the ceremony as tears kept rolling down his eyes. Our
correspondent learnt that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Obareki,
stayed away from the burial as their custom demanded that parents should
not see the corpse of their children.
Some Nigerian entertainers who travelled
to Delta State for the burial ceremony include Tony Okoroji, Daddy
Showkey, Azzezat, Aity, I go dye, Princess and Nikky Laoye.
Born Irikefe Obareki, Kefee passed on in
the United States of America last June after being in a coma in an
undisclosed hospital for few weeks.
Kefee would be remembered for her popular song, Branama and Kokoroko, which earned her so many awards.
Previously married to a music director,
Alec Godwin, Kefee got married again to a Lagos-based on-air-personality
with Star FM, Teddy Don-Momoh, in 2012.
PUNCH
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