Photos: Vincent Enyeama’s Mother Laid to Rest in Akwa-Ibom

 Late Lucy Philip Enyeama, the mother to Super Eagles’ goalkeeper,Vincent Enyeama was today,Saturday laid to rest at Urua INYANG, Akwa Ibom State.

The burial rites of late Mrs. Enyeama began on Friday with a Night of Songs at the Christ The King Church (CKC), Barracks Road, Uyo, and there would be thanksgiving at the same venue on Sunday.

 At today’s burial mass were the governor of the State, Udom Emmanuel, Deputy Governor Moses Ekpo, the Secretary to the State Government, Etekamba Umoren, NFF Executive Committee member, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, former Super Eagles’ skipper Joseph Yobo and the President-General of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Rafiu Oladipo, among other eminent personalities.

The president of Nigeria Football Federation,NFF Amaju Pinnick, and other Nigerians who attended the funeral, praised God for the life of late Mrs Enyeama.
The NFF boss, who was at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Urua Inyang, venue of the burial mass, charged all those present not to mourn, but to celebrate the life and times of a woman who left behind several children she brought up in the way of the Lord, and who have achieved fame in their chosen careers.
“One of those children that our dear mother, Mrs Lucy Enyeama, left behind is Vincent, one of the best goalkeepers in the world for several years now, a three –time FIFA World Cup star and winner of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as several other accomplishments.

“The Nigeria football fraternity appreciates how much our Captain must be grieving at this period. His mother, Mrs Lucy Philip Enyeama, was a very caring and compassionate parent, who gave her children much love and support during her lifetime.
“Dear all, we loved her, but God Almighty loves her much more. And we must take solace in the fact that late Mrs Enyeama left her very bold footprints in the sands of time. Rather than be thrown into sorrow, we must celebrate her for she has been succeeded by children of mettle, and of timbre and calibre.”

See more photos from the Burial Burial of Mrs Lucy Enyeama today in Akwa-Ibom below;