Audu Ogbeh

Audu Ogbeh
OFR
Ogbeh in 2016
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
11 November 2015 – 28 May 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari
Minister of StateHeineken Lokpobiri
Preceded byAkinwumi Adesina
Succeeded bySabo Nanono
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
In office
2001–2005
Preceded byBarnabas Gemade
Succeeded byAhmadu Ali
Federal Minister of Communications
In office
1982–1983
PresidentShehu Shagari
Preceded byIsaac Shaahu
Succeeded byEmmanuel Adiele
Personal details
BornAudu Innocent Ogbeh
(1947-07-28)28 July 1947
Otukpo, Northern Region, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (now in Benue State, Nigeria)
Died9 August 2025(2025-08-09) (aged 78)
PartyAll Progressives Congress (2015–2025)
Other political
affiliations
National Party of Nigeria (1979–1983)
Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2005)
Spousemarried 1975
Children5, including Ogwa Iweze
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • farmer
  • playwright
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Audu Innocent Ogbeh OFR (listen; 28 July 1947 – 9 August 2025) was a Nigerian farmer, playwright and politician who served as the minister of agriculture and rural development from 2015 to 2019. He was chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2001 until January 2005. He served as the minister of communications in the Nigerian Second Republic from 1982 to 1983.