Sam Obi, a former speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and acting governor of the state, is dead, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Obi hails from Ibiegwa quarters, Ute-Okpu community, Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state and represented his constituency from 2007 to 2015.
The ex-acting governor died in his Asaba residence in the early hours of Saturday following an undisclosed ailment he had been battling for some years.
Obi, our correspondent gathered, was flown abroad for treatment following a deteriorating health-related issue in 2019.
Obi, who was Speaker of the state House of Assembly in 2010, was sworn-in as acting governor of the state following an Appeal Court nullification of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s election pending the re-run election.
Former Delta Acting Governor, Sam Obi Is Dead
Obi hails from Ibiegwa quarters, Ute-Okpu community, Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state and represented his constituency from 2007 to 2015.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 03, 2021
Sam Obi, a former speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and acting governor of the state, is dead, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Obi hails from Ibiegwa quarters, Ute-Okpu community, Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state and represented his constituency from 2007 to 2015.
The ex-acting governor died in his Asaba residence in the early hours of Saturday following an undisclosed ailment he had been battling for some years.
By Festus Ahon, ASABA
SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has expressed shock and disbelief over the death of former Acting Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Sam Obi.
Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, decried the sudden demise of Prince Sam Obi who also a former Speaker of the House, lamenting that he died at a time when his wise counsel was most needed.
Describing the late Sam Obi as a worthy politician and statesman, he said; “the demise of Rt. Hon Sam Obi is not only a loss to his immediate family, the Ute – Okpu community and Owa kingdom but a huge loss to the State as a whole.
Nigeria Joins League of Most Insecure Countries
Nigeria Joins League of Most Insecure Countries
Militancy, insurgency and banditry in the Niger Delta and Northern Nigeria have placed Nigeria on the map of most insecure regions of the world known for violent crimes such as bombings, manslaughter and kidnapping of innocent people for heavy ransoms.
The menace of the Fulani herdsmen, largely shielded terrorists by the political establishment, in the Middle-Belt and Western Nigeria, has further rubbished the reputation of the country.
Many concerned citizens believe that the authorities have not given adequate priority to tackling the country’s environmental challenges which will ultimately check the high level of insecurity in the polity.
INVESTIGATION: Superstition, ill-equipped PHCs threaten Yellow fever vaccination in Enugu, Delta (1)
Yellow Fever is again becoming endemic in Nigeria due to vaccine resistance and low vaccine storage capacity at the country s primary healthcare centres 11 min read
Yellow fever is again becoming endemic in Nigeria due to two major reasons: superstition leading to vaccine resistance and poor vaccine storage, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation in two states that witnessed the outbreak revealed.
As a result of poor power supply, primary health centres (PHCs) cannot provide cold-chains for the storage of vaccines for the immunisation of local communities.
Health experts have said ending the disease in the country requires equipping PHCs to effectively carry out uninterrupted immunisation, sensitising residents, especially those in rural areas, on the importance of the preventive health measures and checking illegal vaccine trade.