UTE – OKPU COMMUNITY SET TO CELEBRATE SAM OBI

The people of Ute-Okpu community, in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State,  have fixed Saturday August  7th,  2021, to celebrate the life and times of one of their illustrious sons, late Hon. (Prince) Sam Onyeka Obi.

Sam Obi, who the community described as a living legend, died on April 3rd, 2021, leaving behind a legacy that would forever be cited in the political history of the state and beyond, and was given a befitting state burial by the Delta State Government on July 15th, 2021, in his home town, Ute-Okpu.

According to a statement signed by the Chairman Organising Committee, Hon. Samson Nwenearizi and Chairman Publicity Committee, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, the celebration will hold at Etiti Primary School, Ute-Okpu, starting at 10am prompt.

The statement added that tne event is being packaged by illustrious sons and daughters of the community both at home and in the diaspora, noting that plans have been perfected for a hitch free outing.

It noted that late Sam Obi was a political collusus who left remarkable and enduring footprints on the sands of time, adding that he contributed, in no small measure, to putting the community in the global political map.

It further stated that late Prince Sam Obi remained the only political figure that had occupied all the elective political offices in Delta State, starting from Councillor,  Chairman, House of Assembly and Acting Governor of Delta State.

“We are setting aside, August 7th,  2021, to celebrate one of our illustrious sons, His Excellency,  Late Rt. Hon Sam Onyeka Obi.He was a man of no mean repute who paid his dues in the political history of our dear state and Nigeria”.

“We are mobilising every body from the community, young and old, to come and celebrate our illustrious son who made Ute-Okpu community proud. As a politician he tried his best to expose so many of our people to politics and attracted development to the kingdom”.

“Sam Obi was a political force to be reckoned with and we miss him dearly. Though he is gone, his memory will forever live. That is the reason we are setting aside this special day to celebrate him,” the statement added.