Ochei Marks 10th Year Remembrance of Parents

Fri, Jan 31, 2014

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Social Diary

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| By Anayo Ezugwu |

VICTOR Ochei, speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, marked the 10^th anniversary of the death of his parents, the late Donald Okafor and Monica Juliet Ochei, on Sunday, January 26. The occasion, which attracted many dignitaries, family members, friends and well-wishers, including Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State governor, took place at Onicha Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.

[L-R] Harry Ochei, Victor Ochei — Speaker, DTHA, Emmanuel Ochei and Donald Tobe Ochei

Other dignitaries that attended the ceremony were Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, former chief of Naval Staff; Ikechukwu Aduba, commissioner of police, Delta State; Basil Ganagana, deputy speaker, Delta State House of Assembly and Peter Nwoboshi, chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State. Others were, Justus Mogekwu, Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Asaba; Amechi Mrakpor and Pat Ajidua, members, Delta State House of Assembly, and Neworld Safugha, commissioner for directorate of local government affairs, Delta State.

Ochei is a graduate of chemical engineering from the University of Benin, Benin City. He later returned to the University of Benin where he earned a Master of Business Administration, MBA, Master of Science, MSc, in Corporate Governance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom and a Certificate from Harvard Graduate School of Education on Improving Secondary School Education. He also holds Certificate in Good Governance from Oxford University, England. Recently, he added a law degree, LL.B, from the Delta State University. Ochei, who is a recipient of several awards and chieftaincy titles, is the longest serving member of the Delta State House of Assembly. He is happily married and has children.