Breaking: Ekiti speaker passes on

Report just reaching us says the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Funmiyi Afuye  is dead.

According to a statement by the CPS to the Governor,  Hon Yinka Oyebode 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.

The speaker had accompanied Governor Biodun Oyebanji on a tour on Tuesday and was full of life .