Emeka Esogbue

KUNIRUM OSIA: THE IBUSA "SAVIOUR' THAT IBUSA IS YET TO HONOUR - Emeka Esogbue To those that know, Dr. Kunirum Osia could just supremely pass for one of the greatest patriots that the Ibusa community has ever seen in its entire history of existence yet, he was not an indigene. Who was he and how did this happen?  Kunirum Osia, PhD was an indigene of Obomkpa, an Anioma community in Delta State. He was a student of the Humanitarian and Social Science: Philosophy and Theology at the SS Peter and Paul, Major Seminary, Ibadan, affiliated to the Political Urban University, Rome.  He thereafter obtained his M.A in Social Anthropology and Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C, M.Phil and PhD in Political Science at George Washington University. He was to later obtain Advanced Diploma in English and Literature, Latin, European History and Economics from the University of London. Osia has other professional training in Counseling and Administration from Virginia Commonwe...

Rev. Fr. Dr. Kunirum Osia, an Anioma leader, Scholar, Adjunct Professor, Linguist, Administrator, Anthropologist, Rehabilitation Officer and Journalist was the Parish Priest of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ibusa during the Nigerian Civil War. In this interview with EMEKA ESOGBUE of Ndi Anioma, he relieves memory on how Asaba, Ibusa, Ogwashi-Uku, Isheagu and other major towns of Anioma were affected by the war. He also bares his mind on other problems troubling the region. These and more he shares in this interview. Excerpts.                Emeka Esogbue:   A number of people accord you with being an enigma of some sort; can you let us into the personality of Rev. Fr. Dr. Kunirum Osia? Osia: An enigma? Not at all. I am a simple individual who is not given to too much talking unless it is necessary. By natural disposition, I am quiet but very observant and I internalize much of my encounters. If you describe me as brave that I mi...