Sunny Osayande, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Edo State Council, is dead.

He reportedly died in the early hours of Sunday.

The state NLC Secretary, Barry Imade, who confirmed the death of Osayande to our correspondent in a statement, did not give details on the cause of his death.

It was, however, gathered that the late NLC Chairman had been down with an undisclosed ailment for some time.

MEANWHILE, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has mourned his demise. 
 
In a statement, Obaseki noted that the state was in great grief over the loss of a true comrade and icon of the Nigerian labour movement, whose selfless role in the maintenance of industrial harmony in Edo State will remain evergreen.  

The governor hailed the forthrightness of late Osayande, noting that he maintained a calm and balanced disposition towards government whenever labour disputes arose in the state.