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Tributes as Obasanjo’s father-in-law, Abebe, buried
The father-in-law of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Christopher Abebe, was on Friday buried in his hometown, Iruekpen, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The late Abebe served as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Councils of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Calabar, and the University of Benin.
He joined the United African Company Nigeria Limited as a young clerk and rose to become the first Nigerian Chairman and Managing Director of the company.
Abebe on his retirement became the first Nigerian chairman of the Nigerian Breweries.
The deceased was also a Papal Knight of the St. Gregory’s and Supreme Knight of St. Mulumba.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that tears flowed on Friday as his body was interred at 3:30 pm in a mausoleum where his father, Chief Abebe Ogbekhiulu, who died on Oct. 26, 1956, was buried in his compound.
Earlier, family and friends had gathered at the Stella Maris Catholic Church where a funeral Mass was held in his honour and presided over by the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria and Archbishop of Benin, Most Rev. Augustine Akubeze.
Present at the ceremony were Obasanjo, Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo and his Oyo State counterpart, Abiola Ajimobi, who was accompanied by his wife, Florence.
Others included the senator representing Edo Central, Clifford Ordia; the member representing Esan North-East/Esan South-East in the House of Representatives, Sergius Ogun; former Edo governor, Sen. Oserheimen Osunbor; and a former chairman of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Dr. Felix Ohiwerei.
In his tribute, the eldest son of the deceased and President of St. Gregory’s College Old Boys’ Association, John, described his late father as his hero who instilled discipline in his children.
He said that he never found fault with his late father who lived a humble life.
“I am approaching 70 years now. In all my life, I have never found fault in my father,’’ he said.
He commended Obasanjo for honouring his father-in-law and the family in spite of the death of their sister, Stella.
The younger Abebe also thanked the state ’s governor for his support toward the burial rites of his father.
He said his father left a legacy of being honest, of being totally above board, of being humble and of doing things at the right time always. He did bring us all up from day one to be like him.’’
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