Tribute No. 1 – Late Justice Chinwe Iyizoba (JCA RET) (Adadiorama ) Impactful Matriarch of Iyizoba Family of Egbengwu Nimo. Second Daughter of Late Sir FGN & Dame Monica Okoye – Aaa Enugwu-Ukwu – Orji Village
Our darling sister Justice Chinwe Iyizoba (JCA RET) (ADADIORANMA) is gone. It is very devastating and sad. I am, however, being kept strong and resilient by God’s grace, mercy, and favour.
God’s grace is sufficient.
My consolation is that our sister’s legacy is a rich tapestry of impact, love , warmth and impeccable character. She was a legal luminary and lived with honesty, integrity, and noble character. She retired as a justice of the Court of Appeal. She was a very well-respected justice. She was always eager to help family and friends secure jobs once they had the capacity and competence.
The Iyizoba family has lost a home builder par excellence, and the FGN Okoye family has lost a devoted and deeply respected daughter, aunty, cousin and niece.
I have been waiting for your daily call for our sisterly chats, but there is silence. I am grateful that our last moments together were full of positive vibes. I will keep watching those videos over and over again to stay focused on celebrating your happy moments.
You showed me how to stay strong, resilient, and positive in spite of life’s challenges. My prayer for you was that after the funeral of your husband and second son within one year, God would grant you vibrant health so you could reap the rewards of your labour. You listened to my health tips and strived to live a healthy life. You were consistent with your exercise routines and also did your faith and positive affirmations. You had spiritual, mental, and emotional maturity, so you made empowering choices.
You went for surgery, but post-surgical complications led to your untimely death. Chronic Diseases are mostly lifestyle-related and preventable. Your death has motivated me to upscale my passion for chronic diseases prevention, praying that our government will listen and modify our health care system to include chronic diseases prevention, nutritional supplementation trainings and functional ICU units all over society. We also need to include growth mindset and integrative lifestyle tranings for healthcare professionals and other Nigerians who want to become chronic disease prevention and vibrant health coaches
As a disciple of Christ, I choose to celebrate your authentic life story as an impactful matriarch of the Iyizoba clan. You were a good woman; your friends were more like sisters. You and your sister Joy were like Siamese twins.
All I can do now is ask God for grace for my darling sister, Barr. Joy Ebeledike, your children Ebele Onuora, ifeyinwa her sons-in-law Nedu and Ude Ugochukwu, your sisters, the entire Iyizoba FGN Okoye family, the Ugochukwu family and of course your legal associates Nimo and Enugwu-Ukwu communities
Adadiornma, I honestly feel you did not deserve this death, but you were not given the chance to fight. I know you were a woman of faith and resilience.
Your children, Onuorah, Ebele and Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu and the Iyizoba clan loved and cared for you deeply.
Eby Onuorah and Ifeyinwa are family-oriented individuals, and I know that by God’s grace they will preserve your legacy and that of your late husband, Chief Ossy Iyizoba, and your son, the late Ossy Iyizoba Jr.
This death is very painful, but with God’s spiritual power and authority, and by staying focused on His grace and mercy, I will try to reduce the deep hurt in my heart.
Your sudden passing is God’s message to each and every one of us to wake up and live lives of noble character so we can leave worthy legacies when we depart this earth.
Let me stop for now by saying that I am proud of you as a truly impactful woman, an asset to yourself, your families, your community, and society at large.
As the initiator of the Impactful Patriarchs and Matriarchs Foundation, we hereby nominate you and your husband, Chief Ossy Iyizoba, as Posthumous Patrons of the Foundation. Your life story will become one of our teaching modules, inspiring women, men, and youths to live lives of passion and impact and strive to become assets to their world.
Adadiornma, I will miss you. I will miss our intimate conversations and even our occasional disagreements over family issues. The FGN Okoye Daughters are six, now one of us is gone, and we are now five. We pray that your death will bring more peace and harmony to our families.
This is truly a wake-up call to all of us connected to you, to strive to live with love, humility, integrity, compassion, empathy, passion, and impact, and to be assets to our world.
Your life story will continue to inspire, motivate, and elevate men, women, and youths to higher ideals.
I use this opportunity to thank the Iyizoba clan, especially Elizabeth Adimora and Chiedu Iyizoba, for their love and support to a sister-in-law.
I pray that the vacuum you have created will be filled by God’s grace. Amen.
Your mother, Ochiora, saw 36 great-grandchildren.
God says that in all things we should continue to give thanks.
God, I am grateful that You gave us the opportunity of knowing and interacting with a good sister with a beautiful heart.
I will never stop celebrating your authentic life story.
I promise to work with my sisters to support Eby Onuorah, Ifeyinwa the Iyizoba family, and the FGN Okoye family in keeping your legacies alive.
Adadiornma, go in peace. Give my love to Uncle Ossy senior, Ossy junior, Uncle Charles, Papa, Mama, our compassionate and empathetic brother, Dr Felix Chuks Okoye, and our beautiful and elegant wife, Flossy Okoye (née Chiamonwu).
It is difficult to say goodbye, but I will try.
Good night, our Adadiornma.
Your darling sister
Dr Ifeyinwa Nwakwesi
