Osun state minority leader dies

THE Minority Leader of the Osun State
House of Assembly, Mr. Oladejo
Makinde died yesterday at the age of 48.
The lawmaker, who represents Ife
Central state Constituency, died on
Sunday afternoon at a hospital in Ekiti
State following a brief
illness.
Makinde, a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
Late Makinde, popularly called ‘Igwe’
was a former chairman, Ife
Central Local Government Area of the
state
His corpse was said to have been
deposited at the mortuary of Ekiti
State Teaching Hospital.
The Chairman, Osun Assembly
Committee on Information and Strategy,
Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye confirmed
his death to our correspondent
on the telephone and expressed shock at
the demise of his colleague.
Also confirming his death, the chairman
of PDP in the state, Alhaji
Gani Olaoluwa said he dies following
health complication.
Meanwhile, governor Rauf Aregbesola
has extended his condolences to
the family of the lawmaker.
In a condolence message by the Director
of the Bureau of
Communications and Strategy, Office of
the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon,
Aregbesola described the death of the
House of Assembly member as
sudden and shocking.
The Governor who prayed for the repose
of Hon. Makinde Oladejo
Samson’s soul, extended his “profound
condolence to the immediate
family, members of The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, Ife
Central and the people of Osun.”
Aregbesola urged the Speaker, members
of the state House of Assembly
and family of Makinde to take with
equanimity the loss Hon Makinde
describing death as an inevitable end for
everybody.
Aregbesola said: “Though it is very
painful to loose somebody like
Hon. Oladejo at that youthful age, but
one clear lesson is the
transient nature of life itself; it’s not
about Hon. Makinde Oladejo,
but about the fact that death is a
certainty that must come to every
living being.
“It is my fervent prayer that God will
grant him Eternal home at the
bosom of Jesus Christ and give the people
of Ife Central the fortitude
to bear the loss. We also pray God to
comfort his family and give them
courage and hope.”
He also urged family members and
supporters of Hon. Makinde to take
heart and consider the death an act of
God, saying Oladejo lived a
life of service, though very brief until he
breathed his last.