Ekiti Assembly Speaker Afuye Dies At 66

Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye has died following a medical emergency. He was aged 66.

A statement issued by Yinka Oyebode, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Biodun Oyebanji said the Government of Ekiti State regretted to announce the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye.

“Rt. Hon Afuye died Wednesday evening at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado- Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest,” Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The late Afuye, 66, was a former Commissioner of the Ekiti State Ministry of Information, and a two-time member of the State Assembly. He was inaugurated Speaker of the sixth Assembly on June 6, 2019.”

Afuye, before his demise, represented Ikere constituency 1.

Somto Bisina

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