MEET MR IFEOMAMEBE OKEY OJIAKO: THE MAN WHO TURNED RADIO INTO A LIFELINE.
THE MAN THAT REFUSED TO BE BURIED IN A COFFIN!
Meet Mr. Ifeomamebe Okey Ojiako, a renowned OAP with ABS Radio and a philanthropist from Adazi-Nnukwu, Anambra State, whose life was dedicated to helping others.
Through his popular ABS Radio programme, “Sharing Issues with Ifeomamebe,” he championed the cause of the helpless, the needy and those who had nowhere else to turn. Over the years, the programme touched and transformed countless lives, making Ifeomamebe a household name among many of his listeners.
Sadly, the philanthropist and broadcaster has passed on after battling an illness for more than a year.
During what turned out to be his final programme on ABS Radio on July 23, 2026, Ifeomamebe titled the broadcast “Tribute to Ifeomamebe.” Rather than take calls from listeners as he normally would, he chose to use the programme to speak about himself—his life, his struggles, what he had experienced, and what he was going through at the time.
During the broadcast, he also expressed his belief that some individuals who were unhappy with the way he used his platform to help people may have had a role in his illness. He begged them to let him live as his children are still little. He begged that he is only but 60 years old and shouldn’t be going through such an illness,He passively mentioned a name “Ada Alaeze” as one the persons that has always sent him threatening messages, in his words “there’s one called “Ada Alaeze” sending me threatening messages and warning me to stop this charity work, please if you and your cohorts have a hand in my sickness,please leave me alone, I have all the evidence, if I wish , I will send your details to the police and ask them to pick you up but I don’t do such”…
These claims were his personal allegations and have not been independently established.
Sadly, that broadcast became his final appearance on ABS Radio.
Interestingly, while he was alive and in good health, Ifeomamebe had repeatedly expressed his wishes concerning how he wanted to be buried. He reportedly insisted that he did not want to be placed in a coffin, saying he wanted to be buried immediately after his death and did not want his body deposited in a mortuary.
His family honoured those wishes after his passing.
The story of Ifeomamebe Okey Ojiako is not just the story of a broadcaster. It is the story of a man who used his voice, his platform and his influence to reach people in need.
He came, he served, he touched lives—and he left a legacy.
May his soul rest in peace.
Source : Admin, Nkwelle