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Lifestyle King Julian Osula Loses Father… Plans Jaw-dropping Burial Ceremony

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In the end, luxury is just a word, opulence a veneer that cannot hide the grief and shut out the wails of those who ensconce themselves behind tall pillars and iron gates. The rich also cry is a trite saying at this point, but their sorrow, seldom displayed in public, is thus heightened when the barrier occasional­ly cracks to reveal the man of means mourning over his loss like the rest of us.

Witness the gloomy clouds over the home of luxury goods merchant Julian Osula. The bags in his eyes, the sag of the shoulders, the distracted look, the faraway gaze. To lose a father, however aged, is not easy to deal with. And Julian is finding it very difficult to let go after the grim reaper stole in last Friday and made away with the life of Pa Ephraim Nakaru Osula, the patriarch of the renowned Osula family of Benin.

Since the sad event occurred, men of all walks of life have been paying their condolence visits to the Osula family home. Such was the impact of the late patriarch while he yet drew breath; such is the fondness with which he is remembered after he is gone.

And no one remembers him more fondly or miss him more dearly than his children, especially Julian, popularly known as Julian Luxury. The billionair­e merchant is gradually coming to terms with the reality. Though the ache remains raw, the quest to remember his father in a big way is powerful enough to rouse him from any grief-induced torpor.

As you read this, the Osula family is putting heads together to plan a big burial ceremony for their father. Naturally, the one to take charge will be Julian. The wealthy dude doesn’t do things in half measures. Moreover, this is his beloved father, so any plans he comes up with will definitely register on the Richter scale in terms of grandness.

Even as the luxury king receives condolence visits from the likes of Edo governor Godwin Obaseki, he is fine-tuning plans to bring the ancient city of Benin to its heels with a ground shaking burial ceremony in the near future. He is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his father’s journey to the land of the ancestors is accompanie­d with much fanfare.

Though details of where and when of the mooted burial bash are still sketchy, those in the known disclosed that the man of means has already quietly spread the word for high society to be on high alert.

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