Sam Obi, a former speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and acting governor of the state, 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.
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 was flown abroad for treatment following a deteriorating health-related issue in 2019.
Obi, who was Speaker of the state House 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.
