Eulogies pour in for “Lady of Songs”

Lagos – Artistes, friends and family members poured encomium on late Christy Essien-Igbokwe at a candle light procession in her honour on Wednesday night.

The Lady of Songs as she was fondly called passed on on June 30 at the age of 50.

“Her death has really left a vacuum in the music industry because her good songs and motherly advice will be missed,” Mr Tony Okoroji said during the procession.

Okoroji, a  former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) said that nothing done for the late musician would be too great.

“She will do more for anybody no matter who that person is,” Okoroji said, noting that the late Lady of Songs was a great woman to behold in every ramification.

Okoroji spoke as the procession moved from the entrance of the Lagos Television premises in Agidingbi, Ikeja   to the “African Shrine” of Afro-beat musician Femi Kuti  within the same axis.

Those in the procession rendered songs of the late musician as they embarked on the 45-minute walk in her honour.

Mr Sunday Essien, who works as a manger at the African Shrine, said that the late musician virtually trained him through his primary, secondary, and tertiary education.

“In fact, my world came crashing when I learnt of her death, I was confused but we can’t question God,”   Essien, a nephew of the Lady of Songs said.

“She was the mother we never had”, Essien explained, noting that the late musician took him and his siblings in when their parents started having issues and  took up his education.

He said that many people had  come forward after the musician’s death to disclose how she touched their lives with her good deeds.

Essien said that many of her family members are encouraged into singing because of the mark she made.

The Public Relations Officer, African Shrine, Mr. Lulu Onockhua said that the late Essien-Igbokwe had shown that women could handle their career and family affairs together, urging  other women to emulate her.

“As a PMAN President, she did good deeds, was in the good books of so many people and there was no issue of embezzlement,” he said, adding that “it shows  women can handle things in this country”.

Onockhua said the late artiste was a very kind woman that did not allow people to suffer.

The Chairman Felabration Committee, Mr Theo Lawson, told NAN that the late Lady of songs was a very great talent that would be missed.

“I doubt if there is going to be another Essien-Igbokwe in a short while, but in a long time to come maybe,” he said. (NAN).

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