Seromi Awa, wife of late defunct NEC boss, Eme Awa, is dead

Mrs Seromi Pauline Awa, wife of late boss of defunct National Electoral Commission, NEC, Professor Eme Awa, is dead.

Mrs Awa answered the call to glory on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 aged 86, according to a statement issued by one of her children, Uzoma Awa.

The statement partly reads, “With gratitude to God for a life well spent in the service of God and fellow mortals, the Eme Awa family of Amaekpu, Ohafia, Abia State, regrets to announce the transition to eternal glory of our irreplaceable matriarch, MRS SEROMI PAULINE KOSIBA AWA,

“An accomplished metallic artist and art critic in her own right, she was the widow of the late Prof. Eme Awa, former National Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, (NEC).

“She is survived by three children — Uzo, Eme and Nwachukwu— many grandchildren and a large extended family in Nigeria, Benin Republic and the Diaspora.

“Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.”