Reverend Father Benjamin Achi has been a catholic priest for 18 years but he has played roles for the Church beyond his age. The former Director of Communication for the catholic Diocese of Enugu now combines his job as Director of communications at Godfrey Okoye University with being Station Manager at Godfrey Okoye University Radio, GOUNI Radio. As a communicator without borders, many agree that very gregarious Father Achi has written, spoken and indeed communicated well both as a humanist and as a priest.
However last Saturday, June 7, 2025 Father Achi was saddled with the responsibility of officiating the very solemn funeral ceremony for Late Highlife music guru Gentleman Mike Ejeagha at Imezi Owa Enugu state. The staunch lover of highlife music has been a super fan of Ejeagha who regarded him as one of his sons.
He spoke about officiating the requiem mass towards committing his father to earth less than 24 hours after his passing in accordance with his wish and vividly painted an emotional picture of how the burial went just the way Pa Ejeagha directed.
His words: The ceremony was indeed quite solemn. It came less than 24 hours after his passing, so, not many people knew about the immediate interment except his immediate family and few extended family members.