The Frank Ogbemi Family has announced the death of their beloved mother and lawyer, Mrs Grace Ogbemi in Lagos. She died on 5th July, 2025, just a week before her 90th birthday.
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Born in Warri on July 11, 1935 to Chief Reece Edukugho, a successful Itsekiri businessman and politician, 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. Madam Grace married Franklin Ogbemi, a chartered engineer. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
