Speaker Of Ekiti State House Of Assembly Dies Aged 66

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Funminiyi Afuye has lost his life at the age of 66.

Rt. Hon Afuye passed away 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, made this known in a statement 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.”