2017 Top 10 Richest People In Edo State

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Chief Iduriase Osazuwa Aiwerioghene

Chief Iduriase Osazuwa Aiwerioghene is the Enogie of Eyaen axis of Edo State. He owns a multimillion Naira British Education center in Eyaen, Edo State. He is also the CEO of a hotel and other high yielding businesses across the country.
Bishop Dr. Matthew Okpebohlo

Matthew Okpevbholo was born at Uromi, in present Esan North - East LGA, Edo State at Midday, Mid-month and mid - Century. He has several multimillion naira yielding business conglomerates amongst which are the Ray Royal Asphalt construction company which metamorphosed from a subsistent welding workshop called royal welding/steel workshop. Mentored and inspired by the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, Matthew is a bishop by calling and a business mogul. He once said You can do any other business in addition to preaching the gospel. Gone are the days when we sit down to preach only. By so doing, we are only training ourselves on how to be lazy. Okpevbholo was recently consecrated Bishop under church of God Mission Int'l CGMi and in attendance was the president of the Christian Association Of Nigeria CAN. He is a proud father of 5 well-to-do female children who occupy offices like the deputy Manager with Zenith Bank, a Chartered Accountant, a Medical Doctor,  a Lawyer,  an M.SC holder in International Business Management. and 1 son who he calls the baby of the house.

TOP 10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN EDO STATE

Chief Dr. John Osamede Adun

He is a great entrepreneur who is presently the Chairman, founder and CEO of the Bob Izua conglomerates consisting of a transport company, Schools, Petrol station, Water factories, shopping complexes spread across the state amongst other ventures. He lives in an annually renovated mansion at the king's square ring road Benin City. He once served as the chairman of the small and medium scale enterprises of Edo State under the government of Comrade Adams Aliyu Eric Oshiomhole. He moves in the company of several armed policemen and bodyguards. He is well to do in terms of assets like hundreds of lands and houses round Edo State. He has a good taste i cars and automobiles which is reflected in his very rare collection of exotic cars. He is rumored to use each car once a week. He alternates them daily.

Apostle Prof. Johnson Suleman

He is the president and founder of Omega Fire Ministries worldwide with its international headquarters in Auchi, Edo State Nigeria. Omega Ministries is spread across nations in Africa, America and Europe with thousands of worshipers and affiliates. He presides over 5,000 people on a single service at the church headquarter. He is one of Nigeria's pioneers of the prophetic ministry. The Omega ministries is currently building a new auditorium headquarter church which is expected to seat about 70,000 (seventy thousand) people to be the biggest church auditorium in the world. A great philanthropist on high demand. He has a presidential tight protocol security of over 7 vehicles and lives in a mansion with a golden gate at Auchi Edo State. People travel from far and wide just to see the house.

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Comrade Tony Kabaka Adun

 

Head of akugbe ventures, comrade Tony Kabaka is an alleged billionaire with a presidential protocol properties worth multi-millions spread all over Edo state and diaspora.

Dr. Mrs. Margaret E. Benson Idahosa, JP, GCON.

Dr. Margaret E. Benson-Idahosa is the Archbishop of Church of God Mission International CGMi with several branches and hundreds of thousand of members worldwide. She also pastors the 5,000 capacity Faith Miracle Center Church, where multiple services are held weekly. She is the Chancellor of Benson Idahosa University (BIU), and proprietress of one of the top nation wide schools in Nigeria Word of Faith Group of Schools which now has more than one hundred-eight (108) branches all over the country.  Dr. Margaret Benson - Idahosa was born on the 29th of July, 1943, into the royal lineage of the Benin Kingdom. She was ordained into the ministry on the 24th of May, 1983 and consecrated Bishop on the 5th of April, 1998. This position makes her first female Pentecostal Bishop and years later she became the first female Archbishop in Africa. She also has to her credit an orphanage for abandoned babies. Three of these children have been adopted into the Idahosa family. Dr. Margaret Benson-Idahosa is a mother of four biological children amongst whom are Bishop Feb, Ruth, Daisy and Pastor Freda and three adopted children Precillia, Osagie and Osasu. She is a grandmother to seven.

Oba Ewuare II

 Oba Ewuare II, is the traditional ruler / king of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Kingdom. He hosts the popular igue festival at the end of every year where dignitaries, companies, chiefs and societal mandarins from all works of life all over the world goes to the palace to pay homage to him. This ushers in hundreds of millions of Naira which he receives as freewill gifts from his visitors. His royal highness is worth this spot on our list.

CAPTAIN HOSA OKUNBOR
 
Billionaire businessman Hosa Okunbo is a native of Edo State in the southern part of Nigeria. He was born in Benin to the family of Reverend Robert Amos Okunbo, a clergyman, teacher and community leader. Hosa Okunbo had his primary education at Government Primary in Benin, old Bendel State, now Edo State. He proceeded to Federal Government College, Warri, in 1971, where he sat for West African Senior School Certificate Examination.. He followed up his desire to become a pilot when he went on to study at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre, Zaria, Kaduna State, after which he became a professional commercial pilot at the age of 21. He also attended ACME School of Aeronautics, Fort Worth Texas in 1983, where he obtained Airline Transport Pilot License 

 Sir Chief dr. Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion

''Sir Chief dr. Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion is the Esama of the Benin Kingdom, honorary Romanian consul to Edo and Delta states of Nigeria and grand patriarch of the house of igbinedion. The title Esama traditionally means the "godfather of the people", with responsibilities including assisting the poor in medial, monetary and private venture forms which has given him a world class recognition in all nations of the earth.
The Esama of Benin lives in a mighty mansion that's called ''the palatial garden of Eden'' which stocks a collection of the world's most expensive cars, flock, herds and so on. His business empire includes an international property portfolio and a private TV and radio station. He owns a private bank, oil refinery, diamond, gold, marble mines over Africa, a private primary and secondary school, a private university (Igbinedion University Okada, which is the first private university in Nigeria) and a large number of hotels. He owned the now-defunct private airline, Okada Air, of over 40 aircraft (planes and helicopters). He has built numerous churches including a Grand Catholic Cathedral, and owns a number of private hospitals across Nigeria.
One of the Esama's sons, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, was a two-term Local Government Chairman and two-term Governor of Edo State, Charles Igbinedion, was a Local Government Chairman and one time Edo State Commissioner of Education, while yet another, Peter Igbinedion, was the Managing Director of Nigerian Aviation Authority.

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