Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Others Attend Diri Father’s Burial

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday attended the burial of Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, the father of the Bayelsa State Governor,  Douye Diri.

Pa Joseph Diri, the father died aged 88 on February 12, 2023.

Other dignitaries that attended the burial ceremony, were former President Goodluck Jonathan, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar,  his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, and several prominent Nigerian leaders.

Others included former First Lady, Dame Patience; the former PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu; and state governors, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, (Delta); Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and his wife, Betty; Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Darius Ishiaku (Taraba).

In a speech, Diri said he and his family as well as the entire state were humbled by the large turnout of high-profile dignitaries in his community to bid his father farewell.

He said, “We are indeed overwhelmed. There can be no love more than that. I would not have thought even in the wildest of my imaginations that there would be a large number of high-profile Nigerians here to celebrate my father.”

In other news, Kanyi Daily reported that media personality, Tomike Adeoye, on Saturday, announced that she and her husband have welcomed their second child in the United States.

Adeoye announced this in a post on her official Instagram handle.