Oluwasegun Ogbemudia Akpata was born on May 24, 1957 in Abakilikii, Ebonyi State and died on June 1, 2008 in South Africa. He was the first son and child of Igbinoba Akpata and Mrs. Morinat Akpata (nee Bashorun Adewusi –
Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt), Oluwaseun Akingboye (Akure), Inemesit Akpan-Nsoh (Uyo), Nnamdi Akpa (Abakaliki), Julius Osahon (Yenagoa) and Joseph Wantu (Makurdi)