Daniel Omoigui, Nigeria’s first Surveyor-General of the Federation, has been confirmed dead on Thursday, November.
The eldest son of the family, Sọta Omoigui made this disclosure on Friday.
He died just 14 days after his 91st birthday celebration.
“The family of Surveyor Daniel Aiyanyo Omoigui of the Egite family, Isi, in Uhunmwode LGA, Edo State and the entire Egite family of the Edo Kingdom and Mrs Grace Onaiwu Omoigui nee Asemota (late) and the entire Asemota family of Ogbe Quarters, Oredo LGA, Edo State, is heartbroken yet thankful for a life of legacy well spent as we announce the passing of our dearly beloved father and grandfather – Surveyor Daniel Omoigui – who was called to rest in the Lord on November 24, 2022.”
The late Mr Omoigui was well known for resolving critical boundary disputes among the country’s federating units by initiating the establishment of the National Boundary Commission, and especially through the work he and his team at the Department of Survey did, beginning after the civil war in 1970.
He was part of the negotiation between Nigeria and Cameroon on the Bakassi Peninsula. That territory was later ceded to Cameroon, following international adjudication, and he believed that was the right decision, despite the anger of Nigeria over the ruling.
The deceased was a chartered and registered surveyor born on 10 November 1931, at Iguagban Village, Benin, Edo State.
The late Omoigui began his primary education aged 3 years in the village, he attended various primary schools and in 1939, he joined Benin Baptist School, where he began from Form II.
