By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has said that he missed his late wife’s spiritual guidance and intercessions which were key to building the family and making him a more compassionate person.

Comrade Adams Oshomole

Speaking at a memorial mass on Sunday, at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Iyamoh, Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, when he led his children and other members of his family to mark the 4th year anniversary of the death of his wife, Clara, who died on December 7, 2010, Oshiomhole said his late wife was humble to a fault.

He said: “My late wife was my spiritual guardian. When I met her and proposed to her, she said, I know you are a Christian, but are you baptized? I listened to the bishop talking about the most important title as being the baptisimal name, I realised even the more what she helped me accomplish by insisting that I must formally get baptized. She encouraged me to study catechism which I needed to be baptized and I was baptised with the name Eric.

“Coming to this particular church is more than symbolic because Clara’s interest in this church was something I may not be able to describe. When she was alive, she was constantly reminding me of the need to support the community to build a church and even as a labour activist, she would always remind me to be certain that we had provision for the church

“I believe that in all we have done, what would have excited Clara most was the effort that we have all made to build this church to this level and I imagine how she would have felt if she had worshiped in this church.”