BREAKING: Ekiti State House Of Assembly Speaker, Afuye, Is Dead

By Daniel Dafe

Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye, is dead.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Yinka Oyebode, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.

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According to the statement, 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.

The late Afuye, 66, was a former Commissioner, Ekiti State Ministry of Information and two- time member of the State Assembly. He was inaugurated Speaker of the sixth Assembly June 19, 2019.