Grace Ogbemi, first female lawyer in Mid-West, dies at 89

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The death has been announced of Mrs. Grace Ogbemi in Lagos. Ogbemi, who died July 5, 2025, just a week before her 90th birthday, was a successful Itsekiri businessman and politician

Born in Warri July 11, 1935 to Chief Reece Edukugho, Madam Grace Ogbemi was called to the English Bar in 1958, becoming the first female lawyer in the Mid-West Region, now Edo and Delta states.  She was a partner in the law firm of Godfrey Amachree Ogbemi & Co.

She got married to Franklin Ogbemi, a Chartered Engineer.

She got married to Frank

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