My name is Joachim Oyakhilome Osigwe. I hail from Edo State in Nigeria, born 19th June 1975. I am the second child and second son in my family. I have five sisters and two brothers. I studied Philosophy in St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Makurdi, Benue State and Theology in St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria and eventually ordained an Augustinian Priest, 3rd July 2004.
 

As an Augustinian priest, I worked in different Augustinian parishes as sacristan, Bursar and Parish Priest. I was at one time the National Director of The Augustinian Young People’s Association. I have a post graduate diploma in Pastoral/ Communication studies from the Catholic lnstitute of West Africa (CIWA), Port Harcourt.