My Late Mother Was Very Industrious, Says Great Ovedje Ogboru

By Daniel Dafe

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State during the 2019 elections, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, has described his late mother, Mama Catherine Omebu Ogboru, as a very industrious woman, adding that he, just like his brother, Turner Ogboru and sisters, Pastor (Mrs.) Gloria Anwuri and Pastor (Mrs.) Rhoda Dave Heman-Ackah took this trait from her.

Ogboru while responding to questions from journalists during the burial programme, added: “She was always looking for all sources of industrious and legitimate means to generate funds and keep the house going.”

According to him, Mama was a woman known for never giving up, saying that she worked extra hard to make sure that they had three square meals a day.

He continued: “She is the best mother when it comes to improvisation. I miss her 10 a.m. calls every morning; she has a retentive memory and called me every morning for the past seven years and talked about many things in the past even better than I can remember.”

Furthermore, he thanked all those that graced the event, noting that he was glad to see the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo Agege, who had to rush back to Abuja from the event for the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the APC.

In the same vein, his younger sister, Pastor Rhoda Heman-Ackah eulogized her late mother, noting that despite the fact that her father was harsh, the mother was able to stay.

She said: “He had several wives but they could not stay. But mama did and raised all the children as one and now you cannot differentiate us. She raised all of as one and never said any negative thing about anybody.”

“She was a great woman, peaceful, loving and encouraging,” she averred.

On his part, mama’s son in-law, Apostle Dave Heman-Ackah opined that the most important thing about an individual is not about men’s praises, but from the divine perspective.

His words: “I am glad that mama knew God and served Him in all sincerity. If she only served humanity and did not know Jesus as her Lord and Savior, I and my wife will be sad.

“That she led all her children to Jesus was a legacy she left behind. My wife is a pastor, Turner Ogboru is an apostle, her eldest daughter is a pastor and some of her son-in-laws are also pastors. From her loins have emerged men and women who are preachers of the gospel and that is another great legacy.”

Mama Ogboru passed on at age 103.