Oyebanji, Oni, Ogundoyin mourn death of Ekiti Speaker

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, and former governor, Chief Segun Oni, have expressed sorrow on the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, who died on Wednesday, in Ado-Ekiti at the age 66.

The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, said Afuye’s death was shocking, sad and unfortunate.

Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Late Funminiyi Afuye

The governor said he was shocked when he got a call, early Wednesday, that the late Speaker was rushed to the hospital.

The governor noted he was convinced that Afuye would leave the hospital hale and hearty in view of the medical attention he was receiving when he visited him at the EKiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Wednesday afternoon.

“I was speechless when news of Afuye’s death came later in the evening,” Oyebanji stressed.

The governor described Afuye as a loyal friend and party man; a patriotic Ekiti leader and a tireless advocate of good governance, who, in the last 30 years, had committed his time, energy and resources to the development of the state and the country.

In his own condolence message, Oni described the death of the Speaker as a shocking, devastating and colossal loss to Ekiti people.

ALSO, the Speaker, of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, said the late Speaker was one of the best state assembly speakers in the country.

Ogundoyin, in a statement, said he was stunned to learn of the sudden death of Afuye.

He commiserated with the Ekiti government, the State House of Assembly and the entire people of Ekiti over the death of their Speaker.