Sir Daniel Uwaezuoke‘s Funeral Rites Announced 

The funeral rites of the late Sir Daniel Chukwuemezie Worldson Uwaezuoke, father of THISDAY’s former deputy editor (Sunday) and editor (arts and review), who passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the age of 99 years and three months, have been announced by the family. 

According to a statement by Sir Barr. Daniel Chike Uwaezuoke, the late Patriarch’s eldest son, the obsequies, which will begin on October 15 with a service of songs at the Christ Church Cathedral, Uwani, Enugu, at 5pm, will be followed by another a week later at the Uwaezuoke’s compound in Ifite, Ogbunike, in Oyi LGA, Anambra State, where his earthly remains will be interred the following day, October 25, after a funeral service at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Ogbunike. 

There will be a reception shortly afterwards in the premises of Okolomesike Primary School in Ifite Ogbunike. The activities will be concluded with an outing service at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Ogbunike, on Sunday, October 27. 

A distinguished career policeman and pioneer indigenous Central Criminal Registrar, Sir Daniel served over two decades in the Nigeria Police, with training stints in the UK. He was trained at esteemed institutions in the UK, like the West Riding Police Constabulary Headquarters in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1955 and the legendary Scotland Yard Fingerprint School in Chelsea, London, eight years later. He also had a brief stint with the then East Central Broadcasting Service, Enugu, and later the Nigerian Television Authority, where he retired in 1984 as the principal executive officer. 

Sir Daniel is survived by his wife of 69 years and numerous children and grandchildren in Nigeria and the UK.