Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly in South-West Nigeria, Funminiyi Afuye is dead. A statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode says he died of cardiac arrest.
66-year old Afuye who hailed from Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti South Senatorial District died on Wednesday at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH, Ado- Ekiti.
The late Assembly Speaker served as Commissioner for Information during first term of former Governor Kayode Fayemi between 2010 and 2014.
Below is full text of the statement from the Office of Ekiti State Governor on the passage of the Assembly Speaker:
SPEAKER EKITI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HON FUNMINIYI AFUYE PASSES
ADO-EKITI I Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – The Government of Ekiti State regrets 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.
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 on June 6, 2019.
Yinka Oyebode
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
19- 10- 2022
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
