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Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by Nobody: 8:48pm On Sep 09, 2018
metronaija2:
Photos from the 84th birth ceremony of the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Sir (Chief) Dr. Gabriel Osawaru Igbiniedion CON, CFR at the St. Gabriel Archangel Catholic Church Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State.


http://www.metronaija.ng/photos-esama-of-benin-kingdom-igbiniedions-84th-birthday-service/
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by Robynwelo1(f): 8:50pm On Sep 09, 2018
Day 1, day 2, day 3, up to day 14 celebration just for one birthday. Birthday that is in September, from July they will start disturbing us with Felicitations commercial every 2 minutes on ITV.
"Igbinedion, Seventy-seven" Lol

Those days when we used to stay up for late night movie on ITV, when his birthmonth reach we don't even bother. No Show.

Only those that stay or stayed in Benin will understand.
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by joshjc(m): 8:51pm On Sep 09, 2018
Oceannaagent:
Chai then in Benin, all the TV stations will not let us hear words , birthday celebration runs into month undecided
till osho Baba show
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by jonadaft: 8:51pm On Sep 09, 2018
Abey
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by Nobody: 8:52pm On Sep 09, 2018
Happy birthday
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by gaby(m): 8:55pm On Sep 09, 2018
emeijeh:
But September 11th is still 2 days away.


Happy birthday to the business mogul of Okada,
The Esama of the universe
Person wey dey celebrate him birthday according to him age?

This one na 84 days straight celebration. Ask people wey know how far..


You better carry you shokoto dey come Benin come form "celebrants family".

grin grin
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 8:56pm On Sep 09, 2018
TroubleMaker47:
Celebrating thieves! And we wonder why we are backward! undecided
do u know who esama is? someone that got married to one of Benz daughter in the late 70s,a former police officer, esama is not a thief we hold him high in Edo,I think he is d greatest employer of labour in d south south, , an industrialist,he doesn't steal govt money and invest it abroad thereby giving d whites employment ,do u know how many family's that depends on him,he gives out multiple number of chcs , cathederal ,buildings as gifts every year to mark his birthday, sir employer of labour respect sir ,founder okada airline ,okada dry gin,limca,goldspot,igbinadion university,ibgbinedion sec, sch,independent television,independent radio,a state where AIT,silvetbird has folded up and couldn't pay tax and salaries yet independent television Itv and radio kept the flag flying,best station in Benin city ,this guy pays more than 20000 staff salaries and he is a wiseman ,I don't have respect for oshobaba thief that stole our oil money and used d money to build an airport in hatti to employ white people DAT we don't know just cuz of pussy spits on oshio same with ibori,Mr comentor what have u achieved and how many lives have u touched since u were born
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by wiseass: 9:01pm On Sep 09, 2018
emmasege:
We (Yorubas) lead, others follow. Aji se bi Oyo la nri, Oyo kii se bi Baba enikankan.
Yorubas ain't leading shit. You guys are just mere tools in the hands of the Hausa/Fulani
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by okwabayi(m): 9:02pm On Sep 09, 2018
So nobody has ever asked what an Esama does? I've kept hearing the title since I was 11 but have no clue.
At 84 this man is still strong. Some people at 60 are no different from condemned properties. My step-uncle at 75 looked firm and fit. It was sad when cancer eventually took him.
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by NoBetterNigeria: 9:02pm On Sep 09, 2018
I hope they didn't use anyone as sacrifice for this year birthday. Heard one of his workers must die few weeks or month to his birthday...

Hearsay ni oo
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:03pm On Sep 09, 2018
gaby:
Person wey dey celebrate him birthday according to him age?

This one na 84 days straight celebration. Ask people wey know how far..


You better carry you shokoto dey come Benin come form "celebrants family".

grin grin
d guy is a learner,e Nerva start celebration them dey complain when men like mobuto seseko,sharks from Zulu kingdom and all kings in southafrica they come,Ghana president,Cameron,Kenya,Liberia almost all ambassadors how igbinedion take they attract dignitaries from all over the world come Benin beats my imagination, how I wish I could b like him
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by geadom: 9:04pm On Sep 09, 2018
what a joy
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by zlantanfan: 9:06pm On Sep 09, 2018
oladele00:
Great man... He is a strong member of the APC... God bless you sir
theif lucky igbinedion is PSP currently heading kwakwanso campaign, his daughter is hor with Pdp. Exama is pdp
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by gaby(m): 9:06pm On Sep 09, 2018
osazsky:
d guy is a learner,e Nerva start celebration them dey complain when men like mobuto seseko,sharks from Zulu kingdom and all kings in southafrica they come,Ghana president,Cameron,Kenya,Liberia almost all ambassadors how igbinedion take they attract dignitaries from all over the world come Benin beats my imagination, how I wish I could b like him
You be obhi epaaa...I carry nyansh up take hail you sir....

Which side you kak? Airport road or upper?

One love sir
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by NdiaraIGBO: 9:07pm On Sep 09, 2018
Ilekeh:
I've been wanting to ask; has Yoruba traditional attire become the national attire for every tribe?
I can't be the only one noticing this.


Soon some too will claim that it no man's attire. Clowns.
They have stolen so much of our culture....I don't even mind.

But those werey people from over the Niger Bridge, I no fit stand.

Yoruba......Yoruba!
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by emmasege: 9:08pm On Sep 09, 2018
wiseass:
Yorubas ain't leading shit. You guys are just mere tools in the hands of the Hausa/Fulani
What do you have to say about the years that Hausa/Fulanis have used Igbos to divide the south, from Nnamdi Azikiwe to Alex Ekwueme? Mind you, throughout these periods, Yorubas were always in the opposition while north was in alliance with the old Eastern Nigeria.

The day Yorubas and Igbos unite and we sheath our swords, is the day Hausas/Fulanis lose their grip over Nigeria.
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by NdiaraIGBO: 9:09pm On Sep 09, 2018
slawomir:
you know nothing daughter

Benin kingdom owns that attire

ask your grand father or better still ask the ooni of ife. he knows better because the first ooni of ife is a Bini man
Craze dey worry una
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:11pm On Sep 09, 2018
zlantanfan:
theif lucky igbinedion is PSP currently heading kwakwanso campaign, his daughter is hor with Pdp. Exama is pdp
u guys are missing it,esama is not a politician and has Nerva held any political position it was his son lucky DAT was d governor in Edo state but lucky messed up,but esama father to lucky igbinedion was already made and over wealthy before lucky became governor so y two of una dey drag for am,he is not in APC or PDP
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by Nobody:
Ilekeh:
I've been wanting to ask; has Yoruba traditional attire become the national attire for every tribe?
I can't be the only one noticing this.


Soon some too will claim that it no man's attire. Clowns.
Can you see what your ignorance has cost you ? Study and travel you refuse , you prefer to remain in one place throughout your life. What should i do with you now? Where will I begin to help you ? Now dash that your phone out so that you will not make the wrong comment again
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:19pm On Sep 09, 2018
NdiaraIGBO:
They have stolen so much of our culture....I don't even mind.

But those werey people from over the Niger Bridge, I no fit stand.

Yoruba......Yoruba!
the Yoruba migrated from Bini, ask d whites they stole all our atifacts,attire and have refused to return them some of our artifacts and attire are still in their musium they make money from it and don't remit to us,do u know d meaning of oduduwa in Bini check ur history books,yurubas and d British and Portuguese are d greatest thieves in the world ,dey entered Benin via d gelegele sea ports in 1789 and stole all our properties we fought gallantly agsinst them, they used guns but we used gaze and arrows, we had great warriors like asoro,even women forth too, then the greatest of all ,d giant called aruontor that dug d mot around Benin to prevent d whites from entering when they entered d hole to cross we attacked and killed them but our king was taken as captive
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by doskie(m): 9:19pm On Sep 09, 2018
Oceannaagent:
Chai then in Benin, all the TV stations will not let us hear words , birthday celebration runs into month undecided
i totally recall.
then, itv will start showing bonus drama later non stop.
i remember benin had only itv, ebs and nta.
old school times. wow!!!
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by Sicillian: 9:21pm On Sep 09, 2018
osazsky:
do u know who esama is? someone that got married to one of Benz daughter in the late 70s,a former police officer, esama is not a thief we hold him high in Edo,I think he is d greatest employer of labour in d south south, , an industrialist,he doesn't steal govt money and invest it abroad thereby giving d whites employment ,do u know how many family's that depends on him,he gives out multiple number of chcs , cathederal ,buildings as gifts every year to mark his birthday, sir employer of labour respect sir ,founder okada airline ,okada dry gin,limca,goldspot,igbinadion university,ibgbinedion sec, sch,independent television,independent radio,a state where AIT,silvetbird has folded up and couldn't pay tax and salaries yet independent television Itv and radio kept the flag flying,best station in Benin city ,this guy pays more than 20000 staff salaries and he is a wiseman ,I don't have respect for oshobaba thief that stole our oil money and used d money to build an airport in hatti to employ white people DAT we don't know just cuz of pussy spits on oshio same with ibori,Mr comentor what have u achieved and how many lives have u touched since u were born
Oga abeg shut up and stop to embarass urself with stories wen no dey true....
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by AreaFada2:
Abdul3391:
I like this Man's title.


I will luv to be called that someday 'son of the people' ESAMA
Esama title in Benin Kingdom is historically bestowed on an accomplished, upright, wealthy philanthropist. Often required to feed the poor. Which this Esama actually did, setting up soup kitchens in Benin in the 1980s.

In the days when fine clothes and beads/pearls were very expensive, an Esama had to be stupendously wealthy, even by the standards of those centuries ago. This is because he was required to dress up daily nearly as grand as the Oba.

While the Oba had/has a dedicated Royal Sartorial Guild led by Chief Uwangue of Benin Kingdom, the Esama has/had to finance his own fine clothes/attire alone. An Esama was/is also a frequent emissary of the Oba to big occasions both home and abroad.

He would dress so richly that his oriki/praise name is "Esama whose feet do not touch the mud".

It is therefore not a title inherited by the first son. The Oba selects a deserving philanthropist when the title becomes available.
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by adisabarber(m): 9:21pm On Sep 09, 2018
gagadey:
Ah ah oga
Na igbinedion dem tok o
grin
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by abumeinben(m): 9:23pm On Sep 09, 2018
This is the time you'll hate TV stations in Edo state. You go wan cry. grin
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:26pm On Sep 09, 2018
Sicillian:
Oga abeg shut up and stop to embarass urself with stories wen no dey true....
d truth is a bitter pill to swallow oshiobaba is a thief and has all is investment abroad swallow it,esama still remains d greatest employer of labour in d south south and he didn't make his money tru politics unlike Adams,ibori,aneni and buhari d terrorist
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:30pm On Sep 09, 2018
NdiaraIGBO:
Craze dey worry una
oga its d truth ,y do u guys want to change history even great professors of history know this and its a fact. ask ur on I or ask google
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by mobadan7(f): 9:32pm On Sep 09, 2018
Ilekeh:
I've been wanting to ask; has Yoruba traditional attire become the national attire for every tribe?
I can't be the only one noticing this.


Soon some too will claim that it no man's attire. Clowns.
that is a gown he is wearing. benin men wears gowns not agbada
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:32pm On Sep 09, 2018
NdiaraIGBO:
Craze dey worry una
oga its d truth ,y do u guys want to change history even great professors of history know this and its a fact. ask ur oni or ask google,the Benin kingdom. is d oldest kingdom in Africa ,and the 3rd in d world,after d British kingdom grow up,its d ancient city of Benin we got history u guys have none all u do Is to keep following ur Fulani masters
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by TroubleMaker47(m): 9:38pm On Sep 09, 2018
osazsky:
[s]do u know who esama is? someone that got married to one of Benz daughter in the late 70s,a former police officer, esama is not a thief we hold him high in Edo,I think he is d greatest employer of labour in d south south, , an industrialist,he doesn't steal govt money and invest it abroad thereby giving d whites employment ,do u know how many family's that depends on him,he gives out multiple number of chcs , cathederal ,buildings as gifts every year to mark his birthday, sir employer of labour respect sir ,founder okada airline ,okada dry gin,limca,goldspot,igbinadion university,ibgbinedion sec, sch,independent television,independent radio,a state where AIT,silvetbird has folded up and couldn't pay tax and salaries yet independent television Itv and radio kept the flag flying,best station in Benin city ,this guy pays more than 20000 staff salaries and he is a wiseman ,I don't have respect for oshobaba thief that stole our oil money and used d money to build an airport in hatti to employ white people DAT we don't know just cuz of pussy spits on oshio same with ibori,Mr comentor what have u achieved and how many lives have u touched since u were born[/s]
Stop foaming in the mouth and tell me how he made the money to do all those things!
Re: Gabriel Igbinedion's 84th Birthday Service (Photos) by osazsky(m): 9:44pm On Sep 09, 2018
TroubleMaker47:
Stop foaming in the mouth and tell me how he made the money to do all those things!
esama was a formrr police officer but aspired to earn more he resigned and left d country as a sharp and fine guy then, he catch one white guess who ? Benz daughter.esama has never held any political position since he was born, in d 80s he already had an airline okada airline but it folded up cuz of govt policies den,esama had d opportunity to friend meccedez Benz daughter but he kept it secrete,this is coming from an insider ,but everyone believe say he play white woman. ,na there e for start,this guy is an industrialist kudos Sir, baba i remove my red cap for u ,u too much I wish I could be like u sir without Putting my hand in dirty politics and rituals which d yurubas are know for
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