Arise TV’s Sommie For Burial On October 18

The remains of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a staff of Arise Television, who allegedly died after jumping from a three-storey building, will be buried on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

Sommie as she was fondly called by family, friends and colleagues, jumped down from her apartment at the third floor of Unique Estate in Katampe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, following the invasion of the estate by suspected armed robbers.

A statement by the family indicated that the United Kingdom-trained journalist cum lawyer, will be laid to rest after a funeral service at Saint Theresa Catholic Church, Agulu, Anambra State.

The statement stated that the service of songs, will hold at the Corpus Christi Cathedral, Kaduna Street, Port Harcourt on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

It would be recalled that Sommie, former first runner-up Miss Tourism Nigeria, left United Kingdom after working for two years to return to Nigeria in order to help the country.

Some of her dreams, according to her uncle, Engr. Obi Maduagwu, was to be active in politics and women advancement.