A Cross River based online newspaper, The Beagle News, has published a retraction to a news story she carried, purporting that a former Auditor General of Cross River State, John Odey, padded for personal use, the state’s payroll, during his time in office. We gather that Odey, irked by the unsubstantiated claims and suggestions which…
Today, the 7th of November 2018, as we inter the earthly remains of John Odey, I would like to for a few moments, recall my thoughts about him. John was my friend of 36 years. We met for the first time in October 1982 as new entrants into the University of Calabar. He was then…
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L-R: Former deputy governor of Cross River State, Efiok Cobham, former Information Minister, John Odey and Ekpo Okon, APC deputy governorship candidate, enjoy a moment together, a couple of years ago. Odey who passed on recently will be buried tomorrow, November 7, 2018. He will be missed dearly by his family and friends who have…
TRIBUTE TO A BROTHER, JOHN ODEY Life and its ironies and mysteries. How a man so full of life, so full of energy, with an unusual capacity for love and friendship would be snatched by death in his prime will remain the question on our lips as mortals because we are mortals. The day mortals…
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Family sources have revealed to www.calitown.com that former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, John Odey, who passed away in a Dubai hospital on October 7, 2018, will be buried on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, in Ochubi – Olachor, Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State. A burial programme made…
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Donald Duke, has expressed shock at the death of former Minister of Information and later, Environment, John Odey, who passed on over the weekend in a Dubai hospital. Duke said Odey’s death is a huge loss to the country because he is in his prime and he…