Do you know this Man? A great Man indeed.

One of the greatest Benin men that ever lived has taken the bow. CHIEF H. OMO - OSAGIE (B2) IYASE OF BENIN. The dogged fighter who risked his job and family to ask for the creation of MIDWEST REGION.

Upon the creation of Midwest Region, he refused the all attractive office of the Premier so that Benin city will be made the region capital instead of Asaba because Chief Dennis Osadebey was also interested in the struggle.

Chief H Omo - Osagie (B2). is a  father of the modern Edo Today as in every other day, we remember you, not just because you are our hero but because you were a man who swam against the tide to become one of the greatest Nigerians that ever traversed this earth.

"Omorogbe norie Iyase, ovbie utigbeni, egiesan ovbiekpen, ovbie okakuo nen esagien iyokuo ye rhoe inian. B2 eni nomue ete ohan. Gha rho vbe orokhorho oghi te se ede nagha mien egbe vbe akhara enoyaen mwan."

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REST IN PEACE OUR HERO

FATHER, OUR FRIEND AND OUR MENTOR.