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Audu Ogbeh to be buried September 26
Audu Ogbeh, the former minister of agriculture, will be buried on September 26.
Ogbeh died on August 9 at the age of 78.
In a funeral plan announced by his family, the burial of the ex-national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will last from September 22 to September 26.
The activities will begin with a night of tributes and songs in Abuja on September 22. It will be followed by a requiem mass two days later in the nation’s capital.
His remains will depart the federal capital territory (FCT) on September 25 for Benue state where a joint valedictory session and state executive council will hold on the same day. This will be followed by the wake keep.
The funeral will take place on September 26 at the St Francis Catholic church in his Otukpa hometown.
The private internment will take place same day while the funeral activities will end with a reception at Community Secondary School, Otukpa.
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