His first son Mr. Sam Ogbemudia Jr said he would miss everything about his father, revealing that the deceased had since prepared his grave beside his ,Ogbemudia, late mother’s grave, who died in 1968.

Brigadier General Samuel Ogbemudia was a shining example of impactful governance whose positive legacies have been a reference point for his successors in office. His simplicity was reflected in the fact that despite being governor for close to eight years, he hardly lived in Government House, preferring the simplicity of his personal residence. The only time he slept in Government House was when he played host to the then Sultan of Sokoto, Sadiq III.

It is with heavy heart that I summed up courage to put this down. I didn’t know how to start writing about a man, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, who did so much for Midwest region, which later became a state, as a military governor and then Bendel state, before it was split into Edo and Delta, as civilian governor, in past tense.

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, led by the state leader and immediate past governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; Governor Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, just as the state government disclosed plans to liase with the family and Delta State government to commence plans for his burial.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has declared a seven-day period of mourning in honour of late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, a two-time governor of Bendel State.