Nigerian businessman Obinna Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, has shared the personal reasons behind the elaborate funeral ceremony for his late mother
He revealed that the grandeur of the event was rooted in a family tradition and a desire to celebrate a significant milestone.
Obi Cubana disclosed that his family has a history of not living beyond 80 years, with his mother passing away at 79, just shy of breaking this generational pattern.
He explained that his family had been preparing to celebrate this milestone and had even saved up for a grand celebration.
Following his mother’s passing, Obi Cubana decided to honor her memory by hosting an extravagant funeral, acknowledging her effort to break the family’s generational jinx.
He said:
“In my family, nobody has lived up to 80 years, and I’m saying this for the first time. My father died at 66, my grandmother died at 75, my grandfather died at 78, and it ran through to my mom.
“All my siblings are married and successful, and we were praying for my mother to break the generational jinx and the kind of party we would throw for her, nobody would have ever done it; we even started saving up for that. And she died on December 31, at the age of 79, after celebrating 78.
“So I said, she tried at 79 and half, so we brought everything together to celebrate her, at least; she tried and almost broke the jinx, that was why we went all out for the burial.”
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