Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has mourned the death of Peoples Democratic Party National Vice Chairman (South-South), Chief Dan Orbih.
Orbih passed away on Monday, August 31, 2026, according to a statement issued by his family and signed by Francis Udukhomoi Orbih.
“With profound sadness and a heavy heart but in total submission to the will of the Almighty God, the family of Chief M.C.K. Orbih announces the passing of our beloved brother, husband, father and uncle, Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, who passed away on Monday, 31 August 2026,” the statement partly read.
Reacting to the development in a condolence message issued on Tuesday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike described Orbih’s death as a painful loss to Edo State’s political community.
“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 FCT minister described Orbih as “a friend indeed” and said his death represented “the fall of one of the biggest trees in the political forest of Edo State.”
Wike added, “On behalf of myself, my family and political associates, I commiserate with the family of Chief M.C.K. Orbih, on the demise of Chief Dan Orbih, a good friend, a great politician, and a man of faith in the Almighty God.”
He prayed for the repose of Orbih’s soul and asked God to give the deceased’s family the strength to cope with the loss.
Orbih is survived by his wife, Florence; his children, Winifred Anwosiobor Orbih and Dr Mildred Omonemi Orbih; his siblings and other members of his extended family.
