LATE HIGH CHIEF COUNCIL GUWOR: Ogulagha Kingdom Announces Day of Tributes, Funeral Service, Others
The families of Echeyo Guwor in Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area and in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West L.G.A., both in Delta State, have announced the burial arrangements for High Chief Council Guwor, the Olotu of Ogulagha Kingdom and Chairman of the Ogulagha Kingdom Traditional Council of Chiefs, who died at the age of 90.
The late Olotu is the uncle of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor.
The announcement which is released via a poster to the public by the burial Planning Committee Chairman, Elder Amos Okoro, was signed by Captain John A. Guwor for the family, and by Kenneth Guwor for the children.
According to the announcement, the funeral programme will begin with a Day of Tributes at the deceased’s residence, No. 9 Westend Hospital Road, off Airport Road, Ugborikoko, Effurun, on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 4pm.
On Friday, November 27, 2026, the body will leave Venell Clinic Mortuary in a motorcade via Miller Waterside near NPA, Warri, for his hometown, Ogulagha Town.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10am at Ogulagha Primary School Field, followed by interment. A reception will follow immediately, while an all-night wake-keep and social night is scheduled for 7pm with music to be supplied by Dr. Alfred Izon Ebi (J. King).
A Thanksgiving service will be held on Sunday, December 6, at 10am at God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), along Warri–Sapele Road, before Igbudu Market in Warri.
High Chief Guwor, who is survived by two wives, 19 children and 40 grandchildren among other relatives, hails from the families of Echeyo Guwor of Akere-ware Idumu, Dase Idumu and Olorigbo Idumu in Ogulagha Town, Ogulagha Kingdom; and the Ikeretimi Idumu of Oporoza Town; Okiri and Elei Idumu of Okerenkoko Town; Pelebagha Idumu of Igoba Town, and Eblabo Idumu of Kokodiagbene Town, Gbaramatu Kingdom.



