Bayelsa To Give First African Harvard Graduate, Ekpebu, State Burial
Intellectual icon and first African to graduate from the prestigious Harvard University in the United States, Ambassador Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu, will be given a state burial by his home state of Bayelsa.
Prof. Ekpebu, who also attended another Ivy League institution in the United States, Princeton University, hailed from Okoloba Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area.
Ekpebu, who was Nigeria's former Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, died at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa on January 2 at the age of 90.
Governor Douye Diri disclosed this on Tuesday during a condolence visit to the family of the late accomplished scholar, diplomat and public administrator in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Senator Diri described the passage of the Ijaw icon as a painful loss ...