By Gbenga Olarinoye

Osogbo – Minority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, Oladejo Makinde is dead.

The lawmaker who represents Ife Central Constituency died, Sunday afternoon, in a hospital in Ekiti state.

Makinde, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state was said to have died after a brief illness.

Late Makinde, popularly called ‘Igwe’ was a former chairman, Ife Central Local Government Area of the state.

His corpse was said to have been deposited at the mortuary of Ekiti State Teaching Hospital.

The Chairman, Osun Assembly Committee on Information and Strategy, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye confirmed his death to our correspondent on the telephone.

He expressed shock at the demise of his colleague.

Also confirming his death, the chairman of PDP in the state, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa said he dies following health complication.

Meanwhile, the house has described the death of one of its members as painful and unfortunate.

A statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye said the death of the lawmaker came to the Assembly as a great shock.

The Assembly noted that though the late lawmaker was battling with illness, but his response to medical attention gave them the confidence that he would soon be back on his feet and join the legislative business in the house.

The late lawmaker candour and relationship with other members of the Assembly, inspite his political partisanship, according to the parliament, would be greatly missed.

“It is shocking that late Honourable Makinde died at this critical period that he is needed in his immediate and political family most.

“In Osun Assembly, we are really saddened to hear of the death of one of us. We will mourn deeply his passing due to his valuable contributions to deliberations in the Assembly.

“Politics apart, his oppositional engagement as a minority leader on the floor of the house has assisted the 6th Assembly to arrive at reasonable conclusions on several issues.

“Though, he is a member of opposition in the Assembly, but he was not being taken as one when it comes to issues relating to the development of the state, hence, we will miss him dearly”, the Assembly stressed.

It sympathised with the immediate and political family of the late lawmaker, consoling them to take solace in the fact that he live a worthy life.

The Assembly also prayed that God almighty should grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost.




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R.I.P To the dead lawmaker.

RIP