O.B. LULU-BRIGGS: BENEFICIARIES CONDOLE WIDOW, CALL FOR BURIAL IN FOUR WEEKS

A group of legal professionals and beneficiaries of the benevolence of High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs through the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation has called for the burial of their grand benefactor in four weeks. The group made the call when it embarked on a condolence and solidarity visit to his bereaved widow, Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs and the O. B. Lulu-Briggs family at their Port Harcourt residence.

Dr. Miebaka Nabiebu, the Chief of Staff to Dr. Mrs Seinye Lulu-Briggs welcomed the group on her behalf. Leader of the group, Mr. Jonas Iniayemana said its visit was not necessarily to mourn but to extend its hands of solidarity to the family at these trying times in order to help honour and celebrate the colossal memory of their legendary Father and Grand Benefactor, whose uncommon philanthropy, nationalism, humanism and patriotism were instructive generational lessons for humanity.


Mr Iniayemana, who spoke glowingly of the sacrifices and devotion of Mrs Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs to her late husband said, “as children of Opuda, who through the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation received his unquantifiable milk of human kindness and the generosity of his spirit in greatly assisting us and so many others towards the attainment of our career aspirations despite not even knowing most of us nor having blood or ethnic affiliations with most of us, we are deeply saddened and find most worrisome, uncharitable and unacceptable the undue delay in laying the mortal remains of our father and grand benefactor to rest in mother earth,” he wailed. Decrying further that “it beggars belief that anybody can contrive to deprive rest to a man, who dried the tears, wiped the sweats and afforded rest to countless others. Therefore, we appeal to the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Family and Oruwari Briggs House to within four weeks lay our Father to rest.


“As concerned beneficiaries of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation, we are primarily here today to express our condolences and empathy to you the Matriarch of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Family and the entire O. B. Lulu-Briggs Family on the demise of your darling Husband, our late Father and the Grand Benefactor of the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation, High Chief Dr. Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs (Paramount Chief and Head of Oruwari-Briggs House of Abonnema) fondly called “Opuda”.

“We have watched over the years with sincere admiration, your rich display of personal sacrifice, love, care, devotion and commitment to the personal welfare, health and causes of your darling Husband, our late Father and Grand Benefactor, High Chief Dr. Olu Benson Lulu- Briggs (Paramount Chief and Head of Oruwari-Briggs House of Abonnema) during his lifetime, which undoubtedly births enduring noble lessons for womenfolk in marriage.”

Speaking further, he said “the personality and fatherhood of Opuda looms so large that today we can confidently say we are all children of Opuda, hence we are not oblivious of the fact that these are very trying times for our O. B. Lulu-Briggs Family.” He urged Dr. Mrs Seinye Lulu-Briggs and the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Family to stay strong, courageous and trust completely in God, while affirming the solidarity of the group with her.

On behalf of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs family, Rachael Lulu-Briggs, daughter of High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs, thanked the group for its visit to the family and expressed joy at the personal successes of its members, just as it has been with other beneficiaries of her Father’s benevolence. She called on them to be relentless in making positive changes in society, which would continue to speak positively of their benefactor’s legacy and benevolence toward them.

On their part, representatives of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation Koru Okujagu and Ineba Tongkam also expressed gratitude to the group for its thoughtful visit. They said the visit was not only encouraging to the foundation but would also be to other beneficiaries who would be spurred to speak up at this time.

Oraye St. Franklyn
Spokesman, Dr. (Mrs.) Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs

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