Music Icon, Onyeka Onwenu, has been laid to rest in Lagos.

Onwenu collapsed at the 80th birthday party of Stella Okoli, founder of Emzor Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company on July 30.

She was confirmed dead at Reddington Hospital in Lagos.

Her service of songs was held on Friday, August 30, at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, and was attended by dignitaries.

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Peter Obi, the ex-governor of Anambra state, was among the notable persons who attended the funeral service.

They paid glowing tributes to the late singer.

The burial ceremony followed immediately at the Ebony Vaults, James George Street, Off Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.

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Members of Onwenu’s family and friends, and clergymen stood at the gravesite to pay their last respects as the singer’s corpse was lowered into the grave.

Abraham and Tijani Ogunlende, the sons of the late singer revealed that the doctors “made every effort to save her life”.

They described their mother as a “national treasure, an icon and legend” whose impact will be deeply felt.

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