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?As Abu Inu-Umoru, Urhoghide, Rasaki Bello-Osagie attend thanksgiving church service in Benin
Former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North in the National Assembly, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday electrified Ikoro community in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area with his presence.
Oshiomhole led the All Progressives Congress [APC] governorship candidate and his running mate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and Hon Dennis Idahosa respectively, to Ikoro to identify with the immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba during the burial of his mother-in-law, Madam Alice Janet Obaseki.
The chants of “Oshio baba” and “Oshio quake” rent the air as he [Oshiomhole] moved from one table to another to pump hands with guests.
The Saturday event which the APC governorship campaign council in Edo attended was tagged “In-laws’ Day”.
Faces at the In-Laws’ Day on Saturday
It offered an opportunity for family members to reinforce ties and deepen culture. Family friends as well as business associates were on hand to identify with the progeny of the late Madam Alice Janet Obaseki who died on June 9, 2024 at the age of 83.
There was more than enough to eat and drink. There were musical renditions and dancings galore.
The burial proper had taken place on Friday amid pomp and ceremony that underscored the remarkable life and times of the matriarch of the Obaseki family whose eldest daughter, Princess Catherine Orobosa, is married to Prince Clem Ikanade Agba.
The funeral rites were rounded off with a thanksgiving service at the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church on Upper Mission Road, Benin, where the late Madam Alice Janet Obaseki worshipped until her transition. She was Mother-in-Israel in the Church.
Among those who attended the thanksgiving service were Chief [Dr] Abu Inu-Umoru, Chairman of Setraco Nigeria Ltd [the second biggest construction company in Nigeria]; Senator Matthew Urhoghide, DG, APC guber campaign organisation; Hon Rasak Bello-Osagie; Dr Lanre Adekanye, a retired director at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning; Chief Sam Ekwueme, a retired manager at Chevron Nigeria Limited; Mr Garba Momoh, a businessman; and, Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of THE CONCLAVE online newspaper.
Faces at the thanksgiving service
Preaching on the “Goodness of Working with God”, Elder [Barrister] Isaac Imo, commended the life of service in God’s vineyard that Madam Obaseki lived.
He urged parishioners to reverence God, fear, respect, obey and honour Him, adding that anytime “you have the opportunity to sin and you run away, you have run away from poison.
“When you discontinue sinning, you have expressed your love for God.
“We must obey God. We need the spirit of obedience to do all that God asks us to do.”
He advised that no one should be a benchwarmer. We must do the work of God while it is day for the night cometh when no man can work.
Elder Imo said that “working with God means we will not walk in the counsel of the wicked.
“Another way to work with God is to live a life of accountability. Anywhere there is no accountability, there is irresponsibility.”
He stated that there were blessings for those who work and walk with God.
Rounding off, he charged the congregation to fear God and keep His commandment for this is the whole duty of man onto His Creator.
Both Prince Clem Agba and his wife, Princess Catherine Agba, testified to God’s goodness and thanked Him and the Church for their physical and spiritual support.
The Agba family and their friends donated a princely sum towards the building of the church auditorium and procurement of chairs in the church.
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