A picture of H.R.H. Prof. Joseph Chike Edozien.
Date
2023
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Fct, Abuja: National Library of Nigeria, Headquarters
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Portrait of H.R.H. Prof. Joseph Chike Edozien
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This is the portrait of H.R.H. Prof. Joseph Chike Edozien.
Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR, JP, the Asagba or traditional King of Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria was born on 28 July 1925 in Asaba.
Obi Professor Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR, JP, is the 13th Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, Nigeria.
Born on July 28, 1925 in Asaba to the famous family of Edozien –the direct descendants of Nnebisi the founder of Asaba. His father was Nathaniel Okafor Edozien a renowned son of the soil, and one of the most senior indigenous officials of the then Nigerian Coal Corporation in Enugu. His mother, Nwakuso Edozien née Odogwu, was the daughter of a prominent Asaba chief, and a notable trader.
He was still tender when his father sent him to live with an uncle who was a school master in Warri, Bendel State now Delta State, Nigeria. There, he attended the Catholic School in Warri from 1933 to 1937. His secondary education was in Christ the Kings College, Onitsha between 1938 to 1942. In 1942 he attended the Higher College Yaba and then proceeded to Achimota School, Accra, Ghana.