The remains of the late popular gospel singer,
Kefee, were finally laid to rest in her home town,
Okpara Inland of Ethiope East Local Government,
Delta State on Friday, as so many people could
not control
their emotions.
Most of the mourners, dressed in black tee-shirts
with Kefee's picture printed on them, carried
placards and posters of the late singer as they
trooped to the burial site.
Before the interment, a homecoming service was
held in her honour at Akpevweoghene Educational
Centre, Okpara Inland of Ethiope East Local
Government, Delta State where family, colleagues,
friends and fans gathered to pay their last respect to
the late singer.
Her remains, in a white casket, were first taken to
one of the classrooms in the school where some
pastors prayed for the repose of her soul. Thereafter,
the casket was brought to an open field for the lying
in state ceremony before she was buried.
It was gathered that her widower, Teddy Don-
Momoh, dressed in white attire, couldn't say much all
through the ceremony as tears kept rolling down his
eyes. Our correspondent learnt that her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Obareki, stayed away from the
burial as their custom demanded that parents should
not see the corpse of their children.
Some Nigerian entertainers who travelled to Delta
State for the burial ceremony include Tony Okoroji,
Daddy Showkey, Azzezat, Aity, I go dye, Princess and
Nikky Laoye.
Born Irikefe Obareki, Kefee passed on in the United
States of America last June after being in a coma in
an undisclosed hospital for few weeks.
Kefee would be remembered for her popular song,
Branama and Kokoroko, which earned her so many
awards.
Previously married to a music director, Alec Godwin,
Kefee got married again to a Lagos-based on-air-
personality with Star FM, Teddy Don-Momoh, in 2012..
