FULL LIST: Five female Lagos council officials who died in last two months

The Lagos State Government, its ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area (LCDA) were thrown into mourning on Monday following the death of ...

Published 1 Oct 2025

Akintola, who reportedly died on Monday and was buried according to Islamic rites on that same day, was the fifth council official Lagos has lost since the inauguration of the current council administration on July 27, 2025.
Before her death, she served as the administrative and accounting head of her LCDA and Chairman of the Forum of Council Managers in Lagos State.

female Lagos council officials who have died

The names of the other four female council officials who have died in the past two months are:

Oluwakemi Rufai

Rufai was a councillor for Ward C, Ibeju Lekki Local Government. She died two weeks after being sworn into office on August 13. Rufai was reportedly the only female councillor recently sworn into the Ibeju-Lekki legislative council.

Zainab Shotayo

Shotayo died five days after Rufai on August 18. She was a Councillor for Ward C, Odiolowo-Ojuwoye LCDA, before her death. Shotayo’s death came three weeks after she was inaugurated as a councillor. She was the only female elected councillor in her LCDA at the time.

Princess Oluremi Ajose

Ajose was the Vice Chairman of Badagry West LCDA. She was sworn in on July 27, 2025, along with the Chairman and other councilors. She died on September 20, 55 days after assuming office.

Basirat Oluwakemi Mayabikan

Mayabikan died on September 21, 56 days after assuming office. Mayabikan, before her death, was a councillor for Ward F in Shomolu Local Government

Many Nigerians have described the deaths as unusual and suspicious, but the Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, dismissed suggestions that the deaths of the deceased female council officials reflect political hostility toward women.

“It was read in the news that they were indisposed. It has nothing to do with any kind of politics. This is a surprise. Wherever that is coming from demeans humanity if it is being looked at properly,” said Oladejo.