Information reaching Society Reporters can authoritatively confirm to you that former old bendel governor and an elder states man, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia is dead.
We gathered that the elder states man died last night Thursday march 9th, 2017, at a Lagos hospital where he had been for some time now.
We gathered further that he was rushed to the hospital from his VGC home before he finally gave up the ghost.
Speaking on the death of the great man who have impacted immensely in the life and affairs of Benin-Delta when he was the governor, his daughter Honorable Ann Ogbemudia confirmed to us that he is dead.
“Mr Sunday, that’s how we see it o. Daddy is gone. He died last night right there in Lagos in an hospital”
Asked further if she can reveal the name of the hospital to us, she claimed she is on her way to Lagos so she will get back to us on all the update to avoid any conflicting story.
Society Reporters NG will update you with further information as soon as we lay our hands on them.
May His soul rest in perfect peace.
Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (born 17 September 1932) is a Nigerian former army officer and politician. He was military Governor (1967–1975) of the Mid-West State, later renamed Bendel State, part of which in turn became Edo State. After the return to democracy in 1999, he became a power in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In September 2009, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state and others attended his 77th birthday celebration in Benin. On 19 September 2015 it was reported that the State governor Adams Oshiomhole advised Ogbemudia to quit active politics, that he’s too old.
Samuel Ogbemudia was born in Benin City. As a youth he lived with his elder cousin, Mr. FS Uwaifo, a Benin-based businessman.He attended Benin Baptist School (1941–1945), and then the government school, Victoria, in the Cameroons (1945–1947). His secondary education was at the Western Boy’s High School, Benin City (1947–1949).
He joined the Nigeria army in 1957, training at Teshie, Ghana and at Netheravon and Salisbury Plain in England (1957). He attended the officer cadet school at Aldershot, England in 1960, and was commissioned second lieutenant in 1961. He attended the United States army special welfare school at Fort Bragg, South Carolina in 1962. Ogbemudia served with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Congo for 16 months, and served in Tanzania in 1964. He was appointed as an instructor to the Nigerian Military School, Zaria in 1964.