Former Sports Ministry Principal Manager Loses Wife

BY IKPO IGBINOBA 

The families of Imiavan and Oruekpe have announced the passing of their wife and daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Imiavan (nee Orukpe).

Aged 58, Mrs. Imiavan died on Friday, April 8 in Mowe, Ogun State after a brief illness.

A devout Christian, the late Mrs. Imiavan was a successful businesswoman and an active member of the Mount Olive Prophetic Ministry in Mowe.

She is survived by five children, a husband, siblings and an aged mother.

The husband of the late Mrs. Imiavan, Mr. Benson Imiavan, a retired Principal Manager in the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, National Stadium in Lagos said the death of his wife had created a big void in his life that would be difficult to fill.

According to him “One cannot question the Almighty God in whatever situation,  but my wife’s death is a big loss to me. 

“She was more than a wife to me, she was everything to me, a confidant, an adviser, a mother to me. 

“Her death has created a huge vacuum in my life and it will be difficult to fill”.

Meanwhile, the remains of late Mrs Imiavan would be interred at the Redeemed Christian Church of God,(RCCG) Cemetery, Redeemed Camp on Friday, April 22nd. 

The husband of the late Mrs Imiavan said the internment would take place after a service in her church, Mount Olive Prophetic Ministry, Mowe.