Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Saturday said he received the report of the demise of former Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbe, with sadness.
In a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, and made available to journalists in Makurdi, Alia expressed regret over the death.
The governor said that the consolation was that Ogbe lived a successful and fulfilled life, and was greatly respected and admired by many, adding that his legacy will always be remembered.
The state read partly, “Governor Alia, who received the sad news this morning, expresses regrets over the death of the former lawmaker, who was elected into the Benue State House of Assembly on the platform of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), in 1979, where he was the deputy speaker.
“He, however, states that as a politician, former Federal Minister of Communications, former Minister of Steel Development, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), farmer and playwright, the late Chief Ogbeh lived a successful and fulfilled life, and was greatly respected and admired by many, adding that his legacies will always be remembered.
The governor prayed to God to grant his immediate family, the Idoma nation, the entire people of Benue State and Nigeria as a whole, the fortitude to bear the loss, and grant him eternal
