The ancestral community of late Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the Isiokpo Community, in Ikwerre Council of Rivers State has vowed to traditionally probe the death of Wigwe, his wife and son.
The Isiokpo’s traditional leadership institution stated this, yesterday, during a procession to begin an eight-day mourning period declared in honour of their philanthropist son, the late Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Bank Group.
The traditional ruler of Isiokpo, His Royal Majesty, King Blessing Wagor, at the mourning event, noted that Wigwe was a champion of development of Isiokpo before his sudden death.
He vowed that the community would resort to its ancient practice to determine the real cause of Wigwe’s death. He said that Wigwe brought relief to the community through his developmental projects and human capacity development. He said that they were expecting the actualisation of many other life-changing promises he made to the people before his untimely death.
Lamenting, the monarch said: “Who will now complete the ongoing electricity project he initiated? Who will give us light?
“Wigwe is a special man to us. We are crying and mourning him. God knows everything. I won’t ask God why. We hand over everything to God. May He give us the mind to endure this.
“We relied on him. He came to develop Isiokpo. He was a wonderful person to us. He left many legacies in the community. He built a university here. He made many promises. He promised us plenty of things. We are in tears.”
“We must traditionally bury him. He cannot be buried outside Isiokpo. He must be buried here. The Isiokpo must find a way to probe his death. We must get to the root of the whole thing. Isiokpo is an ancient city. We must go back to our traditional way and find out what really killed Wigwe. If his death is natural, we will know. If it is from a human being, we will know.”
Also, the President of Isiokpo Youth Council and the Coordinating Chairman of all the Ikwerre Community youth leaders, Ezemoye Peter, said the death of Wigwe should be thoroughly probed to find out its real cause.
