The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Funminiyi Afuye is dead.
RT. Hon Afuye died on Wednesday evening 19 October, 2022 at Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest, a statement made available to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Yinka Oyebode revealed.
“The Government of Ekiti State regrets to announce the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye,” the statement read.
“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.”
Also confirming the development, the Spokesperson of the Assembly, Yemisi Ayokunle, said the House was yet to take any concrete decision, but a meeting of the members would hold on Thursday to map out plans.
She said a press statement would soon be made public by the Assembly on the Speaker’s death.
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.
The Speaker was at the inauguration of Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on Sunday, 16 October, full of life.
REPORTERS AT LARGE gathered that the speaker joined the governor to inspect bad portions of roads in Ado Ekiti yesterday before he was said to have developed Cardiac arrest and was rushed to hospital for attention.
