NIMASA Director of Special Duties, Osamgbi, loses father…family announces burial plans

The Osamgbi family of Umu Nnikwu Village in Asaba Delta State has announced the funeral arrangement of their father and Diokpa Nnikwu, Ogbueshi Alexander Chukwuma Osamgbi.

The late Ogbueshi Osamgbi, who passed on recently in Asaba, at the glorious age of 96 years, will be buried on Friday 28 July, 2023, at Nnikwu Village, Umuaji Asaba, after a requiem Mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West End, off Nnebisi Road, Asaba by 10am. This would be followed by a reception at the Dome Event Centre, Okpanam Road, GRA, Asaba.

Diokpa Osamgbi is survived by many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, amongst whom are Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, Director of Special Duties at Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Mrs. Uzor Eluaka, Vice Principal, Zappa Basic Secondary School, Asaba; Lady Ndidi Okogba, of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Sir Peter Osamgbi, a businessman and Mrs. Eruke Omoyowuchowu Titiloye of the Coco Research Institute of Nigeria, (CRIN).

According to the family, preceding the burial a vigil Mass will hold in his honour, on Thursday 27th July, 2023, at Catholic Church of The Assumption(Zappa), Umuagu, Asaba, while the final traditional rites commences on Sunday 30th July, at Nnikwu, Umuaji, Asaba, after the Thanksgiving Mass at Church of The Assumption (Zappa).

Ogbueshi Osamgbi , a retired Civil Servant and community leader, who had worked across the country, was a devote Christian of the Catholic Faith, who spent most of his time in charity work and service to his community, to the admiration of all who knew him.