Nigerian-American pre-eminent interventional cardiologist in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, and foremost Nigerian civil-military and Benin historian, Dr. Nowamagbe Austin Omoigui, has passed on, following an illness.
Nowa Omoigui, as he was popularly known, shed his earthly bonds on Sunday April 18, 2021 at the age of 62, according to a statement, signed by his junior brother, and US-based physician, Dr. Sota Omoigui on Monday morning.
Preceded in passing by his beloved mother, Mrs. Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, Nowa is survived by his wife Moira Omoigui, their children (Ikponmwosa Omoigui, Ighiwiyisi Omoigui, Iyegbekosa (Egbe) Omoigui & Izevbokun (Izzy) Omoigui, Iyare Omoigui and Iriagbonse Omoigui), his father, Surveyor Daniel Aiyanyo Omoigui and his four siblings (Dr. Sota Omoigui, Ifueko M Omoigui Okauru, Eghosa Omoigui and Nosa Omoigui).
Nowa’s death has set the social media abuzz, as family members and friends all over the world, react with shock and sense of devastation, with outpours of sympathies for his bereaved family.
Below is full text of the statement, released by Dr. Sota Omoigui:
On behalf of the Omoigui family, we are heartbroken to announce that our son, husband, father, uncle, brother, in-law, friend and muse to many, Dr. Nowamagbe Austin Omoigui, pre-eminent interventional cardiologist in Columbia, South Carolina and foremost Nigerian civil-military and Benin historian, shed his earthly bonds and was called to the Lord on April 18, 2021.
Preceded in passing by his beloved mother, Mrs. Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, Nowa is survived by his wife Moira Omoigui, their children (Ikponmwosa Omoigui, Ighiwiyisi Omoigui, Iyegbekosa (Egbe) Omoigui & Izevbokun (Izzy) Omoigui, Iyare Omoigui and Iriagbonse Omoigui), his father, Surveyor Daniel Aiyanyo Omoigui and his four siblings (Dr. Sota Omoigui, Ifueko M Omoigui Okauru, Eghosa Omoigui and Nosa Omoigui).
We are immensely grateful to God for the life he lived, the service he gave to family and country, and most importantly, his love, care for, and devotion to, his wife, children, family and friends.
We are also thankful to all those that supported him in health and in sickness.
Funeral details will be announced in due course.
May his soul rest in peace.
Dr. Sota Omoigui,
For the family
