From TCNEWS
The remains of the pioneer and long serving member of Owo Ahiafo Progressive Union, OPU, and Seventh Day Adventist, SDA Owo Ahiafo District Committee member, Elder Mannasseh Anyalewachi Nwasuka, were on Thursday buried in his compound in Umuacha kindred, Mbarakpuru, Owo Ahiafo community in Obingwa L.G.A, of Abia State.
Before the interment, a funeral service officiated by Seventh Day Adventist church held at Owo Ahiafo community primary school field had in attendance a large crowd of mourners, including dignitaries such as members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE Umuahia branch, religious, traditional and political institutions and the academia.
Elder Nwasuka aged 91, who died on March 28, 2024, was the father of the immediate past chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers Umuahia branch, Engr. Nnamdi Cyprian Nwasuka, Ph.D.
In a tribute, the Chairman NSE Umuahia branch, Engr. Romanus Enyinnaya, who led a delegation from the branch described the deceased as a remarkable man, whose death has left a void that is so great.
Pix: the deceased first son, Engr. Cyprian Nwasuka (on white attire) with Engr. Romanus Enyinnaya (third from right) during the funeral service.
Engr. Enyinnaya who also observed that death is a necessary end for all mankind and the death of a loved one is so painful, prayed God to uphold and strengthen the bereaved family.
In his sermon captioned, “Our Blessed Hope”, at the event, Pastor Dr. Rowland Nwosu, President, Advent Hope Centre, Ilisan Remo, Ogun state, extolled Elder Nwasuka’s legacies, while commiserating with the family, the church members and Owo Ahiafo community on the demise of the first elder.
The homilist who recalled his journey to the Owo Ahiafo community on the 8th day of May, 1982 as a young pastor and the warm reception accorded him by the deceased, decried Elder Nwasuka as selfless, scriptural, a great adviser/counsellor and a man of great wisdom, who was also a gift to not only his family but the society at large.
He admonished the mourners to shun unnecessary struggles and strive, battle of supremacy and pride and seek righteousness in Christ Jesus for the hope of eternity.
“Papa wants you to order your life in order to see him on the glorious and resurrection morning. Therefore rejoice because God has accepted him by grace and his belief in Him, which reflected on his activities while alive”, Pastor Nwosu enjoined the bereaved family.
Reading out the biography of the deceased on behalf of the family earlier, Miss Vera Nwokoma, a grand child of the deceased disclosed that late Elder Mannasseh Anyalewachi Nwasuka, did not leave a legacy of love, trust, and joy but reminded them of the transformative power of a life lived with purpose and compassion.