'Herbert Wigwe: The World Moves On'

By Chukwudi Iwuchukwu

The wife of the pastor of the RCCG church where the late Herbert Wigwe worshipped before his death, Dr. Siju Iluyomade, celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday, and she threw a colourful party, more or less a carnival, to celebrate this milestone.

The party had in attendance Lagos big boys and giris like Tony Elumelu as Flavour entertained guests.

Before his death, Wigwe was a faithful member of the church where Siju’s husband pastored.

The name of the RCCG parish is City of David,Victoria Island, Lagos.

Any time Wigwe was in town, you must have seen him in church on Sunday. He does not miss it.

But beyond his physical presence, he used his goodwill and resources towards the growth of the City of David parish and the advancement of God's work.

The late Wigwe was one of the biggest tithe payers in the City of David parish because of his vast wealth and net worth.

He was a bank owner, so his tithe runs into millions of naira but it went beyond paying tithe.

The City of David has the best and finest church buildings in the whole of Nigeria and the best among RCCG parishes.

Wigwe was among those that God used to make it happen.

He was the chairman of the building committee when the church was building that building.

He pulled all stops from donating his money to rallying his wife,Chizoba, who died with him, to donate too.

When the City of David ran out of funds to continue the project, it was Wigwe who used his influence to facilitate a loan from Access Bank for the building to go ahead.

Without his intervention, the project would have been an abandoned elephant project.

He went as far as paying for two office spaces for Access Bank at the church building, and he paid a 5-year rent for the two office spaces. This was done when the project was still a greenfield project, and that is remarkable.

Just before he died, two weeks ago

The City of David parish could not service the loan that Access Bank gave them, and the bank was breathing on their necks to pay up.

It was still the same Wigwe who bailed them out by giving them a bail out of 1 billion naira in interest-free loans, which they are expected to pay back to him this year.

Unfortunately, he died before they could pay back the loan. .

Dr. Siju Iluyomade is the founder of the Arise Women Conference. The late Wigwe was one of the biggest donors to this cause and her NGO, and because of his deep pocket, the conference has evolved to be is an annual conference that attracts Nigerian women all over the country.

After all this charity and benovelence, the right thing and common sense dictate that it is offensive and not appropriate to throw a lavish party a week after the death of such a man whose tithe and benovelence sustained your husband's ministry when his body is still cold.

I wonder what Wigwe would be feeling in the spirit world after seeing such a carnival go on last night at the Eko Hotel Lagos, just a week after his death.

This is a lesson for the living.

You are only as important as your relevance and influence ; once you are no longer there or present, the people that you moved the world and mountains for will move on.

It is a dog-eat-dog world, my friends, and this is why it is important to put yourself first.

Be unapologetic and selfish about putting yourself first.

©️ Chukwudi Iwuchukwu

Chai... So they partied for the unfortunate waived 1billi

Loloba and party are inseparable

One reason I read the thread is..."the world moves on" caption. Yes, the world will always move on, that's the unfortunate aspect of human existence,really, it's a sad note. And for the church and all the events around the loan blablabla..... We should not be the judge. Let God be the judge over everything.

Life is a mystery that's more reason we should always live with eternity in view. May the souls of the departed wigwes and others rest in peace. We that remain, are to accept Jesus as our Lord and savior and serve God in fear and trembling.

It's because of stupid comments above that makes this men who call themselves pastors ride on gullible people and their hard earned money.

Don't be surprised they won't care to pay his family those debts.

I'm not a fan of all these parish donations and whatnot.. It doesn't just make sense to me.

My own concern is how the system will work, where people will have jobs to do, earn income and fend for their families.. All these afefeyeye eye service they do here and there no dey move me atal.

Even if she decides not to celebrate her birthday at EkoHotels with fanfare, will that make any difference or change the unfortunate incident that had happened ?

Life will definitely continue. Do you how many trillion of humans that has passed on since this earth came into existence ?

Life is ephemeral. Last last everybody go kpai.

Access Bank did not stop operations for one day, so what are we talking about.

I wonder what Wigwe would be feeling in the spirit world after seeing such a carnival go on last night at the Eko Hotel Lagos, just a week after his death.

It would be foolish to believe the world would stop because he died. How many stories of death did he hear of when alive? Did they stop his business?

Who don die don go. The world is for the living.

This Pastor Iluyomade wife wowo no be small. See her face like Joker in Batman.

@Op
I absolutely concur. I am privy to some of your posits. You definitely must be an insider, lol.

Felt same shock and surprise passing by way after church hours on Sunday, and seeing the fanfare. Was more utterly shocked to see an after party jamboree with a guest artiste.

All is well. We should live right by God, and not by men. It is appointed unto men once to die…. (Hebrews 9 vs 27)!