COMMENT ON THE UDU BRIDGE DANGER ALERT
February 13, 2023 | News
never intended obstructing the construction of Udu Bridge
Flashback
-By Zik Gbemre
COMMENT ON THE UDU BRIDGE DANGER ALERT
Chief James Ogboko Edewor never intended to obstruct the construction of the Udu Bridge as misrepresented by Udu chiefs/Leaders, including Chief Ogute Ottan and some prominent Urhobo chiefs.
Chief Edward Akoonovwe Esiso was the brain behind the construction of the Udu Bridge as an intimate friend of Gen Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia and Chief Edward Akponovwe Esiso made Ogbemudia got to know Chief Wilson Tsowhora Odibo ( popularly known as W.T. Odibo). Whenever Ogbemudia was in Warri at that time, he lodged at Midwest Inn owned by Edward Esiso.
Esiso and Edewor were more enlightened than all other Warri business peers then. Edewor was a bosom friend of Festus Okotie-Eboh, then Finance Minister of the First Republic. Edewor was said to have constructed the Sapele Bridge in the early 60s through Festus Okotie-Eboh.
Edewor was paid for the Sapele Bridge construction directly by the then Central bank of Nigeria. Okotie-Eboh singlehandedly awarded the contract to his friend, Edewor.
For Esiso, he was a Chef de cuisine
(Master Chef) to the white people in Lagos who later relocated with them to Port Harcourt. Esiso became close to the white people and they trusted him and started awarding him big contracts in Shell BP Port-Harcourt.
When the Nigerian Civil War broke out he relocated fully to Warri and had an oil servicing/logistics company off Warri/Sapele Road which remains known today as Oil Field Road leading to Marine Quarters in Warri.
Esiso and Edewor were the two richest businessmen in Warri at the peak of their investments. Esiso also brought Tidex Nigeria LTD, a major marine and oil servicing company to Nigeria. Tidex operated near McDermont Company in Warri.
Esiso was a director/a major shareholder of Tidex till he passed on. I still remember when Esiso would buy a Citron, Rose Royce car then, the next day Edewor would buy two of them to show that he was richer than Esiso.
Esiso was a calm fellow while Edewor was loud with his wealth and achievements, but both of them were millionaires and enlightened in that era in Nigeria. You hardly heard of Esiso throwing a talk of the town party.
Esiso, through his connection with Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, brought the first rural electrification to Orho-Agbarho Town(also known as Agbarho), powered with two caterpillar generators, providing electricity to every house in Agbarho town free of charge.
Esiso duplex in Orho -Agbarho town then was sited around where First Bank is today in Agbarho. Esiso's mother lived in that house.
Zik Gbemre
January 13, 2023
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Flashback
-By Zik Gbemre
COMMENT ON THE UDU BRIDGE DANGER ALERT
Chief James Ogboko Edewor never intended to obstruct the construction of the Udu Bridge as misrepresented by Udu chiefs/Leaders, including Chief Ogute Ottan and some prominent Urhobo chiefs.
Chief Edward Akoonovwe Esiso was the brain behind the construction of the Udu Bridge as an intimate friend of Gen Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia and Chief Edward Akponovwe Esiso made Ogbemudia got to know Chief Wilson Tsowhora Odibo ( popularly known as W.T. Odibo). Whenever Ogbemudia was in Warri at that time, he lodged at Midwest Inn owned by Edward Esiso.
Esiso and Edewor were more enlightened than all other Warri business peers then. Edewor was a bosom friend of Festus Okotie-Eboh, then Finance Minister of the First Republic. Edewor was said to have constructed the Sapele Bridge in the early 60s through Festus Okotie-Eboh.
Edewor was paid for the Sapele Bridge construction directly by the then Central bank of Nigeria. Okotie-Eboh singlehandedly awarded the contract to his friend, Edewor.
For Esiso, he was a Chef de cuisine
(Master Chef) to the white people in Lagos who later relocated with them to Port Harcourt. Esiso became close to the white people and they trusted him and started awarding him big contracts in Shell BP Port-Harcourt.
When the Nigerian Civil War broke out he relocated fully to Warri and had an oil servicing/logistics company off Warri/Sapele Road which remains known today as Oil Field Road leading to Marine Quarters in Warri.
Esiso and Edewor were the two richest businessmen in Warri at the peak of their investments. Esiso also brought Tidex Nigeria LTD, a major marine and oil servicing company to Nigeria. Tidex operated near McDermont Company in Warri.
Esiso was a director/a major shareholder of Tidex till he passed on. I still remember when Esiso would buy a Citron, Rose Royce car then, the next day Edewor would buy two of them to show that he was richer than Esiso.
Esiso was a calm fellow while Edewor was loud with his wealth and achievements, but both of them were millionaires and enlightened in that era in Nigeria. You hardly heard of Esiso throwing a talk of the town party.
Esiso, through his connection with Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, brought the first rural electrification to Orho-Agbarho Town(also known as Agbarho), powered with two caterpillar generators, providing electricity to every house in Agbarho town free of charge.
Esiso duplex in Orho -Agbarho town then was sited around where First Bank is today in Agbarho. Esiso's mother lived in that house.
Zik Gbemre
January 13, 2023
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes