The Minority Leader of the Osun State Breaking : Osun Assembly minority leader is deadHouse of Assembly, in person of Oladejo Makinde is dead. The lawmaker, a representative of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state who represents Ife Central Constituency died, Sunday afternoon, in a hospital in Ekiti state. He was said to have died after a brief illness.
Late Makinde also known as ‘Igwe’ was a former chairman, Ife Central Local Government Area of the state. His corpse was said to have been taken to the mortuary of Ekiti State Teaching Hospital.
The Chairman, Osun Assembly Committee on Information and Strategy, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has confirmed his death, he also expressed shock at the demise of his colleague. The chairman of PDP in the state, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa said his death was due to health complication. Meanwhile, the house has described the death of one of its members as painful and unfortunate one. The Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye said the death of the lawmaker came to the Assembly as a great shock.
The Assembly noted that though the late lawmaker was battling with illness, but his response to medical attention gave them the confidence that he was going to be on his feet soon and join the legislative business in the house.
The late lawmaker’s honesty and relationship with other members of the Assembly, inspite his political partisanship, according to the parliament, would be greatly missed.
“It is shocking that late Honourable Makinde died at this critical period that he is needed in his immediate and political family most.
Osun assembly was really saddened to hear of his death. He will be mourned deeply by passing due to his valuable contributions to deliberations in the Assembly.
Aside politics, his oppositional engagement as a minority leader on the floor of the house has assisted the 6th Assembly to arrive at reasonable conclusions on several issues.
The assembly stressed that even though he is a member of opposition in the Assembly but he was not being taken as one when it comes to issues relating to the development of the state, hence, we will be missed dearly.
It sympathised with the immediate and political family of the late lawmaker, consoling them to take solace in the fact that he live a worthy life.
The Assembly also prayed that God almighty should grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost.
