Valentine N. O. Igbobi
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Washington, D.C., stood with Boston before Boston was Boston
• Boston 2026 will be incomplete without Washington, D.C.
• Some branches attend history. Some branches create it.
On the Fourth of July weekend, the branch that helped shape Boston’s destiny returns to witness its harvest.
Washington, D.C. Branch—the father of Boston—is set to invade its son.
Leading the high-powered delegation is Chairman Chief Dr. B. C. Nwankwo, accompanied by Patron/Trustee Chief Dr. Sir Fabian Eluma, Patron/Trustee Chief Sir Chidi Nwogu, Patron Chief Dr. Camellus Ezeugwu, and a distinguished assembly of Progressive icons.
October 7, 2000, was more than an inauguration. It was a turning point in the history of the People’s Club.
When Boston was born, only three international branches existed—Houston, Washington DC, and Princeton. All came. But one branch stood above the rest in the formation, inauguration, and eventual chartering of Boston—Washington DC.
Under the resolute leadership of the then Founding Chairman, Patron/Trustee Chief Dr. Sir Fabian Eluma, Washington, D.C., did not merely support Boston.
Washington, D.C., helped build Boston. Now, twenty-five years later, history comes home.
At the 2026 Peoples Club of Nigeria International Progressive Worldwide Convention, Boston Branch, under the leadership of its quintessential Chairman, Valentine Nwabunwanne Okoli Igbobi, Isi’Mmiri Okija of the Great OBN, will formally honor the Washington DC Branch and Chief Dr. Sir Fabian Eluma for their extraordinary role in Boston’s foundation and rise.
This tribute is not charity.
It is not sentiment.
It is history paying a long-overdue debt.
So let the record be clear: The father is coming to see the son.
And Boston will receive Washington, D.C., not merely as guests, but as builders whose fingerprints remain permanently etched on its foundation.
July 2–4, 2026.
All roads lead to Boston.
The biggest stage.
The brightest moment.
Isi’Mmiri Okija’s country.
