The Ekiti State government has announced the death of the speaker of the State Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye.
According to a statement by Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Biodun Oyebanji, the Speaker died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday.
The statement reads, “The Government of Ekiti State regrets to announce the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye.
‘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.”