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EARLY LIFE AT OKADA
Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion was born on the 11th of September 1934, to the humble family of Chief Josiah Oviawe Igbinedion and Madam Okunozee Igbinedion at Okada Village, in the present Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.
He is the only surviving child of both parents. His mother Okunozee Igbinedion was the daughter of the Ihaza of Usen, a descendant of the Usen Royal family with a proud history.
The young Igbinedion had some philosophical interpretations for his name leaving positive impressions of what life had in store for him right from the beginning.
He likened his name Gabriel to Angel Gabriel of the Holy Bible fame and interpreted Osawaru, as the messenger of God.
The relevance of these philosophical interpretations is not as much in the meaning of his names, as it is in the positive impact they had on the thinking of the young Igbinedion.
Indeed, the name Gabriel was given to him by T.J. Akagbosu, his former school teacher, who likene