BREAKING: Tears as Prominent PDP Chieftain Dies at UCH in Ibadan
- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has lost one of its prominent chieftains, Taofeek Olayiwola, to the cold hands of death
- Olayiwola, a former secretary of the PDP in the southwestern state, died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Wednesday morning, December 21
- The spokesman of the PDP in Oyo state, Akeem Olatunji, has reportedly confirmed Olayiwola's death
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Ibadan, Oyo state - Taofeek Olayiwola, a former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, is dead.
Olayiwola died on Wednesday morning, December 21, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, according to a report by The Punch.
Legit.ng gathers Olayiwola who died at age 62 was the state party secretary during the tenure of late former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala.
PDP confirms Taofeek Olayiwola's death
The spokesman of the PDP in Oyo state, Akeem Olatunji, has reportedly confirmed Olayiwola's death.
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He described the deceased as an easygoing person and a great politician who believed in the "live and let’s live" principle.
Tears, lamentation as PDP loses powerful chieftain to road accident
In a related development, Joe Umuame, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the Ughelli south local government of Delta state has been confirmed dead in a road accident.
The PDP stalwart died with his driver in the early hour of Wednesday, December 21.
Sources disclosed that Umuame's Toyota black jeep had a head-on collision with a tanker after Ume junction on the Ughelli/Patani road while going for a PDP rally in Patani.
Huge loss as former House of Reps member from Oyo state dies after brief illness
Similarly, Chief Nicholas Ojo Alokomaro (JP), a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, died recently.
His death was announced on Thursday, December 15, by the family of Ojo Alokomaro in Ogbomoso, Oyo state.
The deceased who was the Alakata of Akata in Ogbomosoland died on Friday, December 9, after a brief illness. Alokomaro, who was a member of the Federal House of Representatives from 1992 to 1993, represented Ogbomoso South Constituency and served as a member of the Ogbomoso South Ruling Council.
Source: Legit.ng