2023: Bad Time for APC as Tinubu's Influential Ally is Reported Dead
- A leading member of the Kwara state House of Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, has left this sorrowful world
- Confirmations from the leadership of the state's legislature have it that Alhaji Mogaji died after a brief illness on Monday, January 9
- The lawmaker who was famous and influential in his lifetime will be buried on Monday according to Islamic burial rites
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Ilorin, Kwara - The leader of the Kwara House of Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, is dead.
Abdulquadr Yusuf, the chief press secretary to the speaker, confirmed the sad news on Monday, January 9, in Ilorin, the state capital, PM News reports.
Source: UGC
The development was also confirmed by the chairman, House Committee on Information, Youth, Sports, and Tourism, Hon. Awolola Ayokunle.
Yusuf revealed that the lawmaker died in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness.
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Islamic burial rites for the deceased will be held at 4 p.m. at Magajin Geri family house, Surulere, Ilorin.
In his lifetime, Mogaji Olawoyin was a loyal member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and represented Ilorin Central Constituency (Mogajin Geri).
The APC chieftain was a leading lawmaker in the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly when it comes to legislative mandates.
Irrecoverable loss as APC lawmaker in Plateau is reported dead
The All Progressives Congress on Monday, November 21, lost one of its lawmakers in Plateau state, Honourable Eric Dakogol.
Dakogol died on Monday afternoon after a brief illness in Jos, the state capital.
The young lawmaker, before his death, was representing Qua’an Pan North State Constituency in the assembly.
According to a family source, Dakogol had been sick for some weeks before he finally passed on.
2023: Huge loss for Tinubu as APC chairman, strong chieftains dump ruling party in south-south state
The chairman of the APC in ward 16, Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers state, Achinike Owhomka, led other APC stalwarts to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
On Saturday, November 19, they declared for SDP at Freedom House, Senator Magnus Abe’s political office in GRA, Port Harcourt.
They were received and capped by the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe.
Source: Legit.ng
