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The four-day funeral activities for late industrialist, benefactor, business guru, Defender of Christian Faith and philanthropist, late High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs was brought to a fitting and glorious climax on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at his home town, Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers State.
The array of personalities at the funeral ceremony conducted by eminent men of God across various denominations underlined the grace and blessings God showered on the deceased, who represented many things to different people across the world.
As early as 8 am, guests from across Nigeria were already arriving Abonnema, in a signpost what was to come, as the ancient York City, popularly referred to by indigenes, witnessed one of its largest gathering in recent history.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Nigeria’s First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, among others, have described late High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs (O.B. Lulu-Briggs) as a blessing to humanity.
They stated this in Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State at the weekend during the funeral ceremony of the late philanthropist, mentor, benefactor, and astute businessman.
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Elder Statesman and renowned business mogul, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, has called on Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs in a three-paged letter in which the Governor of Rivers State and the Amayanabo of Abonnema were copied, to work towards a very peaceful and successful burial in which all stakeholders will fully participate.
Similarly, the families of Chief Dodo West Elebike of Buguma and Daibisrama Iniikeiroari Young-Briggs of Abonnema also wrote a petition to the Acting Paramount Head, Oruwari Group of Houses, Abonnema, demanding that the family of High Chief O.B. Lulu-Briggs do the right and proper thing with regard to his widow and his in-laws in respect of the burial plans.
LATE CHIEF LULU BRIGGS
Two years after the death of High Chief Dr. Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, who passed away shortly after arriving in Accra, Ghana for his annual vacation with his wife, Dr. Seinye Lulu-Briggs on December 27, 2018, at the age of 88, the late oil mogul, businessman and philanthropist, will now finally be committed to mother Earth.
Celebrity Gist can confirm that the late Kalabari chief will finally be laid to rest on Saturday, March 13, 2021, following burial arrangements announced on Friday, January 1, 2021, by the Chiefs of Oruwari Briggs family of Abonnema in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers State.
Further scoop reveals that the burial arrangement was finally decided upon after Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, the second son of the oil magnate, worked quietly with other family members to end the unresolved disagreement, which had stalled the burial plans of his late father at different times.