Former Minister of Works, Obada, dies at 81

A former Federal Commissioner for Works, Major-General Orho Obada, is dead.

Obada, who also served as the Commissioner representing Delta State in the Federal Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission in 2006, reportedly died on Saturday night after a brief illness.

Until his death, he was the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the apex socio-cultural umbrella body of the Urhobo Nation, Urhobo Progress Union.

Sources within UPU confirmed his death to journalists in Warri on Sunday.

Born on April 4, 1939, the deceased who hailed from Agbarho Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, retired from the Nigeria Army in 1977. Punch