A ranar Asabar, 21 ga watan Disamba, 2024, tsohon gwamnan jihar Akwa Ibom, Manjo-janar Godwin Osagie Abbe, ya rasu a Abuja bayan fama da doguwar rashin lafiya. Rasuwarsa ta jawo babban rashi a cikin al’umma, inda mutane da dama suka yi alhini kan mutuwarsa.
Marigayin Abbe ya mulki jihar Akwa Ibom daga 31 ga Yuli, 1988, zuwa 5 ga Satumbar 1990, sannan ya kuma mulki jihar Rivers daga Agustan 1990 zuwa Janairun 1992. A lokacin mulkinsa, ya rike mukamin Ministan Tsaro a zamanin marigayi Shugaba Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
An haifi Godwin Osagie Abbe a ranar 10 ga Janairun 1949, kuma zai cika shekaru 75 a ranar 10 ga Janairun 2025. Ya kammala karatun digirinsa na biyu a Harkokin Duniya daga Jami’ar Obafemi Awolowo (OAU) a Ile-Ife. Hakanan, ya samu horo daga Makarantar Sojin Amurka da Kwalejin Sojin Ghana.
Marigayin ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a shekarar 1999 da mukamin Manjo Janar. Rasuwarsa ta bar babban gibi a cikin al’umma da siyasar Najeriya, musamman ga jam’iyyar PDP da ya kasance memba. Al’ummar Najeriya na mika ta’aziyya ga iyalan marigayin, suna fatan samun juriya a wannan lokaci mai wuya.