As mark of respect for the late pa Gabriel Emmanuel Nkanang, the old teacher and father’s of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwaibom state
Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefele, Zenith Bank Chairman Jim Ovia braced the occasion others , Govenor of Niger state Alhaji Sani Bello, Fayemi of Ekiti, Okowa of Delta, Ikpeazu of Abia, Obaseki of Edo state and former governors, like Sule Lamido , Dankwabo and Kwankwanso Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and current senate president Ahmed Lawan , Peter Obi, and Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, are among early arrivals at Awa-Iman country home of the father of Governor Udom Emmanuel , for the burial of his father.
The community was locked down as a mark of respect for a very disciplined old teacher