Speaker of Ekiti State House Of Assembly dies at 66

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.  Funminiyi Afuye, on Wednesday died of cardiac arrest at the age of 66 years.

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, Yinka Oyebode, in a statement on Wednesday, declared: “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 of the Ekiti State  Ministry of Information, and a two-time member of the State Assembly. He was inaugurated Speaker of the sixth Assembly on June 6, 2019.”