Late gospel singer, Sammie Okposo’s wife, Ozioma, was inconsolable as she broke down in tears at her husband’s farewell praise party on Tuesday night.
The funeral rites of the veteran singer, who died on Friday, November 25, at the age of 51, kicked off with a farewell praise party in Lagos on Tuesday night, December 13.
Music ministers and top celebrities such as actor Segun Arinze, Timi Dakolo, Tope Alabi, AY comedian, Alibaba, Charles Inojie, and Chinedu “Aki” Ikedieze, among others, attended the event, which took place at the La Madison Place in Oniru, Lagos.
Videos from the event have surfaced online, and a touching clip showed the moment the late singer’s wife, Ozioma, broke down in tears as she watched an old video of herself and her husband play on the screen.
Watch below,
According to the obituary shared online, a service of song will be held in his honour on Wednesday, December 14 at the House on the Rock Cathedral in Lekki, Lagos, and he will finally be laid to rest at a private interment on Thursday, December 15th.
In other news, a young lady identified as Ada has revealed how she unknowingly missed her exams during her university days.
A Twitter user narrated how they almost missed an exam because it was rescheduled without concrete information reaching the students. Ada joined the conversation and shared that she failed a course for the same reason. Read here.