As funeral rites for the late Nnamdi Remmy Inyama began on Wednesday, October 9, with a service of songs, a call has gone out to everyone not to weep for Mr. Inyama because he has gone to be with the Lord.

The event, organized by the family at his residence in Lagos, was attended by Inyama’s wife, Mrs. Felicity Akunna Inyama, daughters: Miss Odichi Israel, Miss Nkiruka Inyama, Miss Sonmachukwu Inyama, brothers, sisters, cousins among them, Pastor Tony Inyama, The Guardian management team represented by the Executive Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo, and former colleagues.

Miss Nkiruka Inyama read the first Bible reading, taken from 1 Corinthians 15:1-20; while Pastor Tony Inyama read the second Bible reading taken from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

Speaking on the theme: “To Die Is Gain,” Pastor Tony Inyama of the Ambassadors of Christ, said nobody should cry for the deseased, who according to him, has gone to rest from all his labours. He stated that all those who have died in Christ have gone to rest, waiting to be resurrected on the last day, which is the final judgment.

He described the death of his late cousin as only a disappearance from the surface of the earth, noting that everyone that is dead will one day rise again.

He said: “Jesus is coming to take those who have done the will of God while on earth. We have two worlds, the physical and the other world, which we cannot see. Before you were born, you were in another world until you came into this world, therefore, the other world you cannot see it with your physical eyes. Thank God that the word of God tells us about the new world where we are going. So, I want to encourage you all to believe the word of God.

Stressing the need for repentance, the cleric said death is an inevitable end, he called on Christians to prepare for eternity while they are still alive.

Speaking about the late Mr. Inyama, the Executive Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo, said: “Nnamdi Inyama was a colleague. We have known each other for the last 27 years. We’ve been together in The Guardian and have gone through thick and thin. When the pastor was talking about him, he said that Nnamdi was very intelligent. I want to add that he also had emotional stability. The work we do actually is not so much about intelligence but more about your character. You may have competence but if you don’t combine your competence with your character, you hardly can stay afloat doing the job. Nnamdi was able to keep that so effectively.
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Describing Nnamdi as one of the best hands in The Guardian, the Executive Editor pointed out that he was able to combine his character with competence, which made him one of the best.

He said: “When you become an editor at his level, you only know when you leave your house and you don’t know when you will return to your house. The job is evolving. I was telling my people this morning that the job is not about convenience but commitment. So, you completely get married to your job when you are married to a wife, the wife becomes your first, while the job becomes your second. And in all camps, Nnamdi was clearly above board. He was excellent. He was such a person that if you gave him a job to do you could go to sleep. You’d be sure he would deliver it even beyond your expectation. So, he was such a good man. And today what we encounter on this earth is the fact that we don’t have good men around. And I can say it without any fear of being contradicted that Nnamdi was a good man.”

If we have good men around like Nnamdi this world would become better, Nigeria, especially would become better. And so, as the officiating pastor had said, we should be consoled by the fact that he is with God. He’s gone to be with the Lord, he is in the bosom of the Almighty and we should be consoled by that fact. It is only God that can see the beginning to the end. We can just question why, why, but if we have the capacity or privilege of seeing the end to the beginning you know that in fullest of time we cannot question the action of God. God does not make mistakes but for Nnamdi to die at this point it is the perfect will of God.”
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