Egbu Diocese Mourns The Passing Of Okeke, Its Deputy Chancellor

By George Best Okoroh

• Knights Of St Christopher, Devastated Over Death Of President

The Diocese of Egbu, Anglican Communion, is in deep mourning. Death has just dealth the Diocese a heavy blow. It snatched the Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese, Barrister (Sir)  Chukwueloka  from mother- Earth.

Barrister Okeke, also, doubled as the Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese on the Niger. And was the President of the Council of Knights, Egbu Diocese for two consecutive terms, plus an extension of one year given to him by the Bishop of the Diocese, His Lordship The Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Okorafor. As a crowning glory, SirOkeke was the Chairman, Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri Joint Council of Knights for two years  – January 2021 to January 2023.

Fondly called C.T. by his numerous admirers, Okeke was from Ndam, Ngo, Nnobi  Idemili South LGA, Anambra State, but chose to settle in Imo State.

A consumate Lawyer, he graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1986 and was called to the Bar in 1987.

He had a successful legal practice  with his chambers in Owerri.

Okeke was  amongst pioneer parishioners to join the Diocese of Egbu on its creation in 1996.

He rose from the position of a Legal Secretary in the Diocese before he was elevated to the office of the Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese in 2020.

Sir Okeke was not only a pioneer Knight of St Christopher in the Diocese of Egbu, but also the first Secretary of the Council. In 2018 he became the President of the Council, and after a two term tenure of six  years, the Bishop Okorafor, who is the Knight Superior, granted him another one year which he was still serving before he passed.

Noted for his very amiable, meek and unassuming disposition, Sir Okeke was the founding secretary of the Christian Fathers’ Association, now Men’s Christian Fellowship of the Diocese of Egbu.

Aged 64 years at the time of his death on 10th January, 2024, C.T. is survived by his wife, Lady Odisa Okeke, and four children.