The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South South, Chief Daniel Osi Orbih is dead.
Orbih died on Monday, August 31, 2026.
Reacting to the development, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, described the death as painful, saying he had lost “a true friend and political associate.”
Wike, in a statement issued through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, described Orbih as “a friend indeed” and one of the biggest political figures in Edo State.
“I have lost a friend and a committed political ally. Dan Osi Orbih was everything anyone could desire in friendship and political associate. But we can’t question God. He gives and He takes,” Wike said.
The minister said Orbih’s death represented “the fall of one of the biggest trees in the political forest of Edo State,” adding that he would be missed by many.
Wike commiserated with the family of the deceased, describing Orbih as “a good friend, a great politician, and a man of faith in the Almighty God.”
Orbih is survived by his wife, Mrs Florence Orbih; his children, Miss Winifred Anwosiobor Orbih and Dr Mildred Omonemi Orbih; his siblings and other members of his extended family.
