That the late Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia is regarded as a father of Bendel State (Edo/Delta States) is an established fact. However, there are other things millions of Nigerians don’t know about the retired Army General/statesman. He shunned living in Government Reserve Area (GRA), Benin City where the rich and mighty live and stayed at Iheya Street off New Lagos Road residence, he made this disclosure before his death: “GRA is too quiet for me. I prefer to live where our people live. I enjoy the noise. Secondly, my mother was buried in this my Iheya residence and I cannot abandon where my mother is buried. In fact, I dug my own grave close to that of my mother. That is where I will be buried the day I die. I want to be laid close to my mother because it was through her I came to this earth.”

He also explained why he shared his property before his death: “I have seen such things tear families apart when the bread winners die. And I don’t want that to happen to my family when I die. So I have shared all I have to my family and nothing is being contested. So if God calls me any day, my children know what belongs to them and there will be no quarrel because I hate quarrels and such crisis in the family.”

Besides, he also gave instructions to his family that he must be buried within seven days after his death and that his body should not be kept in the mortuary.