Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death.
Mr. Wigwe said this while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndi’Igbo, emphasizing that there was no point crying as everybody would eventually die someday.
The clergyman, who said that he was happy that God gave him Herbert, however, said that Herbert was not dead but had been promoted to a greater realm.
He said, “As a child of God, I’m happy with the gift of God in the person of Herbert, that gift he gave to me for 57 years, gave so much joy, and when it pleased him to take Herbert, yes he called Herbert home.”
“Naturally, one would be sad. I tell you today Herbert is not dead, indeed he has been promoted to another realm. When people come to see me crying, when you look around, there is hardly anybody who is likely to live here for another 70 years. I would want to go to that same place Herbert has gone to.
We are just crossing over; this is like a normal market that we go to, everybody goes and buys and goes back home, we are in transit here, this is a temporary place.
And here in this place, one thing we know is that death has no respect for anybody…One thing is definite, everyone of us here will go, and so there’s no point crying, and what is important is where you are going to.”
Credit: The Nigeria Lawyer