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SAVED TO SAVE: PROFILES OF PIONEER EBONYI TWIN PATRIOTS.

# Birth_Background
The chilling cries of the first surviving set of twins of Abakalki Province were heard at the homestead of Moses Akuru Ede and Mary Ovu Edeh of Amagu Agba on 4th day of April, 1966.
They were born into a society that rejected and killed twins. However, God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform.
"In autumn 1962, after ordination at Carver Street Methodist Church in Sheffield, Bryan was posted to Uzuakoli in Nigeria, where he and Daphne ran a makeshift medical centre and Bryan acted as emergency dentist. Trevor was born in January 1963 but Allison was born in Southend in October 1964 when the family returned home for a few months. After returning to Nigeria, Christine was born in March 1966.
Living in the bush, life was often far from pleasant with high temperatures and humidity. In 1966, when Christine was only a few weeks old, the whole family contracted malaria. Christine lay in a coma for several days but Bryan became aware of the presence of God who told him that Christine would get better and when he went back to her bedside, he found her with her eyes open and starting her recovery.
Another significant event took place in 1966. There was a local superstition that the birth of twins was a sign that the mother had offended the gods and as a result the babies would be abandoned in the forest to die. Bryan was told about twins that had been born in Amagu Agba to parents who had become Christians and he decided to intervene. The incident is recorded in his journal for Sunday 8th May 1966:
“A dispensary with 92 patients. The next day even more; having gone to Amagu Agba to see people who had twins born and those people who were advising them to throw them away etc. I brought them back in the late afternoon. Having settled these, Daphne was seeing to the twins, preparing for that night’s fellowship, baking cakes, seeing to her sewing class while I dressed the wounds of a young lad who had been scraped by a lorry. All this at the same time. Then the Johnsons turned up wanting tea. Oh what a lovely shemozzle and absolute chaos.”
The twin baby boys were taken to a Catholic mission centre for safety before eventually returning home. The practice of abandoning twins in the forest ceased after that intervention by Bryan.
Thus, Peter and his twin brother Christopher are the first set of twins to have survived in the old Abakaliki Province. That unique providential event was the earliest sign of God’s favour upon their life.
***
TWIN PETER EDEH

# Education
Peter was a very brilliant lad. That was why he was always the first among equals. In all institutions of education he attended, he was always at the top of his class mates.
He attended Methodist Primary School now known as Community Primary School, Amagu Agba from 1972 to 1977. Thereafter, he was admitted into Izzi High school, Ishieke and passed out in flying colours in 1982, emerging the best graduating student of the school. He gained admission to study Electrical/Electronics Engineering & Computer Science at the Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu from 1983 to 1988. Here he equally emerged the best graduate of his set.
# WORK EXPERIENCES
Before proceeding to the Tertiary institution, the young Peter was an Auxiliary Teacher at Ezza Girls High School Izzikworo between 1982 and 1983.
After his graduation from the University, he immediately presented himself for the mandatory NYSC. He served his fatherland in Kaduna State in the 19/9 service year.
In 1989, Peter had a brief stint as a Field Service Engineer with the Nigerian Business Machines Limited, Bompai-Kano.
Months later, he joined the staff of Schlumberger-Anadrill Ltd, a Multinational Oil Services Company based in Port Harcourt and Warri. He was the Mud-logging Engineer, Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD) Engineer and a Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) Engineer. He was opportune to undergo extensive specialist training in Nigeria and France. For instance, he is a trained Doling Fluids Engineer and Well-Control Specialist.
In 1993, Peter moved to Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, (now TOTALFINAELF) one of the biggest Oil Producing Companies in Nigeria at that time. His excellence in hard work and dexterity in solving the complex challenges of Oil-Well Drilling became a common knowledge within the Firm. Following his success story at Elf, his services were highly sought by several leading Multinational Oil-Producing Companies. His integrity and industry paid-off sooner than later when the Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (SPDC) offered him a very senior post. Thus, in 1996, he joined Shell Petroleum Development Company. He was one of a few remarkable talents which the undisputed giant of Oil Production, Shell Company classified as “Fliers.” In Shell, Peter achieved the unique feat of being in charge of Field Operations as Drilling Supervisor during the drilling of the first horizontal Oil Well in Nigeria.

# PARADIGM_SHIFT : FROM ENGINEERING FIELD TO POLITICAL ARENA
To the chagrin of his colleagues and friends in Shell, Peter left the Company in 1999 to take up an appointment as Ebonyi State Commissioner for Education at the age of 33. The first Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Dr. Samuel Ominyi Egwu had invited him to come assume the coveted position. As an Education Commissioner, Peter’s positive feats are not in doubt. His key achievements include being the midwife of:
(i) the implementation of Free and Compulsory Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State, widely acknowledged as the first of its kind in the South-East of Nigeria;
(ii) the establishment of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki as an autonomous pioneer tertiary institution from the rumps of what used to be the Abakaliki Campus of Enugu State University of Science and Technology;
(iii) Establishment of Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo;
(iv) the introduction of foreign scholarship programme for post-graduate students. This involved the conceptualization and implementation of the HIPACT scheme, a programme specially designed to offer scholarships to at least 100 Ebonyians desirous to study for their Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in selected Universities in the United Kingdom annually.
(v) the attraction of the Federal Government Girls College, Ezzangbo.
Following the end of Engr. Edeh’s stint with the Ministry of Education as a result the expiration of the second tenure of Gov. Sam Egwu in 2003, he vied for a Legislative position. Fortunate enough, he won the seat of Ishielu South Constituency in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly. History recorded that he was the most vibrant voice in 2nd EBHA where he served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Works.
His higher quest to represent the good people of Ebonyi Central Senatorial District in the Hallowed Red Chambers of the National Assembly in 2007 proved abortive.
He did not relapse into idleness. He quickly went back to private business with particular interest in Construction and Real-Estate. He was the CEO of Arrowhead Engineering Limited.
Not deterred by his previous unsuccessful attempt and scuttled ambition to be elected into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Edeh bounced back into the political field in 2011 under the platform of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP). This time around, fortune smiled at him as he was elected into the Green Chambers of the National Assembly to represent the good people of Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency. All and sundry can testify that he was not a deaf and dumb Member of the Federal House of Representatives during his tenure. Hon. (Engr.) Edeh excelled in all ramifications: in quality contributions to debates on the floor of the Hallowed floor, through constant sponsorship of various motions/bills, massive employment and empowerment of his constituents and beyond, etc. Records have it that he offered both formal and informal jobs to over two hundred persons in Federal establishments and agencies. Based on Hon. Edeh’s philosophy that it is better to teach people how to catch fish instead of giving them fishes, over 300 constituents he assisted to set up small-scale businesses as tailors, tricycle-operators, welders, vulcanizers, petty traders and mechanized farmers, etc. graduation dresses for college
Hon. (Engr.) Peter Onyemaechi Edeh is responsible and real Igbo man. He is happily married to an amiable Ini, a Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist and a stakeholder with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. Their conjugal Union is blessed with four wonderful children.
***
TWIN ARCHBISHOP CHRISTOPHER EDEH (BARR.)

Peter’s Twin brother, Christopher is a Barrister and the Archbishop of the Methodist Archdiocese of Enugu, Nigeria.
His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Emeka Kanu Uche, JP the Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, recalled during his Golden Birthday thus: "We recall that Jesus chose and called you into the Ordained Ministry of Methodist Church Nigeria at relatively young age while apprenticing and living at Ile Ife, Osun State..."
The Secretary of Men's Fellowship Department of Archdiocese of Enugu, Animba Kingsley went down Memory Lane thus:
"To fully bring to the fore an understanding of the man, His Grace, Most Rev. Barr. Christopher N. Edeh as the as the Archbishop of Enugu Archdiocese since 2013, it is necessary to take a historical excursion of the man... Most Rev. Edeh has always exhibited leadership qualities and traits that constantly stood him out as a beacon among his peers. Till date, Most Rev. Edeh is known for his honesty, patriotism and orderliness. In 1998, Providence bestowed on him the Bishop of Uzoakali Diocese when he was elected up to Episcopacy. He demonstrated uncommon leadership qualities in spite of daunting challenges. He left a positive footprint in the sand of time in that Diocese and Aba Diocese both in Abia State. Till date, he enjoys the Citizenship of those Dioceses as one who transformed and graduated them into other Dioceses and Archdiocese.
The end of his robust Bishop Career in 2013 ushered him into a new beginning of another turf Episcopacy level and opportunity to serve the church even better on a higher pedestal in Enugu as an Archbishop. Under his meticulous watch on Enugu, Most Reverend Edeh completed the Methodist College, the Westley Specialist Hospital, renovated the Westley Cathedral to a befitting status, hosted the biggest Crusade in Enugu City and currently building the Methodist College Emene. Unarguably, services improved and internally generated revenue is increasing and Methodist Church Nigeria Diocese of Enugu is becoming buoyant and independent without relying on Circuit's sharing of levies for survival.
Heaven attained spiritual renaissance, Most Rev. Edeh's leadership in Enugu has made the Methodist faithful which used to be a laughing stock in the comity of mainline Churches given to its nature and activities, has gradually evolved into a virile, focused and stable Church.... "

Prince Umez: "It is my pleasure to Celebrate my Father in the Lord. A living ancestor. His Grace, The Most Rev'd Barr. Bishop Edeh Chris N.

He is the Archbishop of Enugu Archdiocese Methodist Church Nigeria.

He is a man of Vision. A Heavenly Kingdom Principality. He has affected my life positively as long as Integrity, Pastoral ministry and Kingdom lifestyle is concerned..."
***
Little did Bryan know then that one of the boys he rescued would grow up to be His Grace Most Rev. Christopher Nweke Ede, Archbishop of Enugu in the Methodist Church Nigeria and the other, Peter, would become Ebonyi State Commissioner for Education, Member EBHA, MHR, and many other greater positions to come.
In 2001, Bishop Ede went over to England to meet Bryan. Plans were in hand to build a new church in Amagu Agba and Hadleigh URC contributed towards the cost of the project. When the church was completed it was named the ‘Rev. Bryan Imbush Memorial Methodist Church.
To God be all the Glory!!!SAVED TO SAVE: PROFILES OF PIONEER EBONYI TWIN PATRIOTS.

#Birth_Background
The chilling cries of the first surviving set of twins of Abakalki Province were heard at the homestead of Moses Akuru Ede and Mary Ovu Edeh of Amagu Agba on 4th day of April, 1966.
They were born into a society that rejected and killed twins. However, God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform.
"In autumn 1962, after ordination at Carver Street Methodist Church in Sheffield, Bryan was posted to Uzuakoli in Nigeria, where he and Daphne ran a makeshift medical centre and Bryan acted as emergency dentist. Trevor was born in January 1963 but Allison was born in Southend in October 1964 when the family returned home for a few months. After returning to Nigeria, Christine was born in March 1966.
Living in the bush, life was often far from pleasant with high temperatures and humidity. In 1966, when Christine was only a few weeks old, the whole family contracted malaria. Christine lay in a coma for several days but Bryan became aware of the presence of God who told him that Christine would get better and when he went back to her bedside, he found her with her eyes open and starting her recovery.
Another significant event took place in 1966. There was a local superstition that the birth of twins was a sign that the mother had offended the gods and as a result the babies would be abandoned in the forest to die. Bryan was told about twins that had been born in Amagu Agba to parents who had become Christians and he decided to intervene. The incident is recorded in his journal for Sunday 8th May 1966:
“A dispensary with 92 patients. The next day even more; having gone to Amagu Agba to see people who had twins born and those people who were advising them to throw them away etc. I brought them back in the late afternoon. Having settled these, Daphne was seeing to the twins, preparing for that night’s fellowship, baking cakes, seeing to her sewing class while I dressed the wounds of a young lad who had been scraped by a lorry. All this at the same time. Then the Johnsons turned up wanting tea. Oh what a lovely shemozzle and absolute chaos.”
The twin baby boys were taken to a Catholic mission centre for safety before eventually returning home. The practice of abandoning twins in the forest ceased after that intervention by Bryan.
Thus, Peter and his twin brother Christopher are the first set of twins to have survived in the old Abakaliki Province. That unique providential event was the earliest sign of God’s favour upon their life.
***
TWIN PETER EDEH

#Education
Peter was a very brilliant lad. That was why he was always the first among equals. In all institutions of education he attended, he was always at the top of his class mates.
He attended Methodist Primary School now known as Community Primary School, Amagu Agba from 1972 to 1977. Thereafter, he was admitted into Izzi High school, Ishieke and passed out in flying colours in 1982, emerging the best graduating student of the school. He gained admission to study Electrical/Electronics Engineering & Computer Science at the Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu from 1983 to 1988. Here he equally emerged the best graduate of his set.
#WORK EXPERIENCES
Before proceeding to the Tertiary institution, the young Peter was an Auxiliary Teacher at Ezza Girls High School Izzikworo between 1982 and 1983.
After his graduation from the University, he immediately presented himself for the mandatory NYSC. He served his fatherland in Kaduna State in the 19/9 service year.
In 1989, Peter had a brief stint as a Field Service Engineer with the Nigerian Business Machines Limited, Bompai-Kano.
Months later, he joined the staff of Schlumberger-Anadrill Ltd, a Multinational Oil Services Company based in Port Harcourt and Warri. He was the Mud-logging Engineer, Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD) Engineer and a Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) Engineer. He was opportune to undergo extensive specialist training in Nigeria and France. For instance, he is a trained Doling Fluids Engineer and Well-Control Specialist.
In 1993, Peter moved to Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, (now TOTALFINAELF) one of the biggest Oil Producing Companies in Nigeria at that time. His excellence in hard work and dexterity in solving the complex challenges of Oil-Well Drilling became a common knowledge within the Firm. Following his success story at Elf, his services were highly sought by several leading Multinational Oil-Producing Companies. His integrity and industry paid-off sooner than later when the Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (SPDC) offered him a very senior post. Thus, in 1996, he joined Shell Petroleum Development Company. He was one of a few remarkable talents which the undisputed giant of Oil Production, Shell Company classified as “Fliers.” In Shell, Peter achieved the unique feat of being in charge of Field Operations as Drilling Supervisor during the drilling of the first horizontal Oil Well in Nigeria.

#PARADIGM_SHIFT: FROM ENGINEERING FIELD TO POLITICAL ARENA
To the chagrin of his colleagues and friends in Shell, Peter left the Company in 1999 to take up an appointment as Ebonyi State Commissioner for Education at the age of 33. The first Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Dr. Samuel Ominyi Egwu had invited him to come assume the coveted position. As an Education Commissioner, Peter’s positive feats are not in doubt. His key achievements include being the midwife of:
(i) the implementation of Free and Compulsory Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State, widely acknowledged as the first of its kind in the South-East of Nigeria;
(ii) the establishment of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki as an autonomous pioneer tertiary institution from the rumps of what used to be the Abakaliki Campus of Enugu State University of Science and Technology;
(iii) Establishment of Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo;
(iv) the introduction of foreign scholarship programme for post-graduate students. This involved the conceptualization and implementation of the HIPACT scheme, a programme specially designed to offer scholarships to at least 100 Ebonyians desirous to study for their Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in selected Universities in the United Kingdom annually.
(v) the attraction of the Federal Government Girls College, Ezzangbo.
Following the end of Engr. Edeh’s stint with the Ministry of Education as a result the expiration of the second tenure of Gov. Sam Egwu in 2003, he vied for a Legislative position. Fortunate enough, he won the seat of Ishielu South Constituency in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly. History recorded that he was the most vibrant voice in 2nd EBHA where he served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Works.
His higher quest to represent the good people of Ebonyi Central Senatorial District in the Hallowed Red Chambers of the National Assembly in 2007 proved abortive.
He did not relapse into idleness. He quickly went back to private business with particular interest in Construction and Real-Estate. He was the CEO of Arrowhead Engineering Limited.
Not deterred by his previous unsuccessful attempt and scuttled ambition to be elected into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Edeh bounced back into the political field in 2011 under the platform of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP). This time around, fortune smiled at him as he was elected into the Green Chambers of the National Assembly to represent the good people of Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency. All and sundry can testify that he was not a deaf and dumb Member of the Federal House of Representatives during his tenure. Hon. (Engr.) Edeh excelled in all ramifications: in quality contributions to debates on the floor of the Hallowed floor, through constant sponsorship of various motions/bills, massive employment and empowerment of his constituents and beyond, etc. Records have it that he offered both formal and informal jobs to over two hundred persons in Federal establishments and agencies. Based on Hon. Edeh’s philosophy that it is better to teach people how to catch fish instead of giving them fishes, over 300 constituents he assisted to set up small-scale businesses as tailors, tricycle-operators, welders, vulcanizers, petty traders and mechanized farmers, etc.
Hon. (Engr.) Peter Onyemaechi Edeh is responsible and real Igbo man. He is happily married to an amiable Ini, a Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist and a stakeholder with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. Their conjugal Union is blessed with four wonderful children.
***
TWIN ARCHBISHOP CHRISTOPHER EDEH (BARR.)

Prince Umez: "It is my pleasure to Celebrate my Father in the Lord. A living ancestor. His Grace, The Most Rev'd Barr. Bishop Edeh Chris N.

He is the Archbishop of Enugu Archdiocese Methodist Church Nigeria.