The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye is dead. The state government has confirmed the death. According to a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Yinka Oyebode, the Speaker died of cardiac arrest. Afuye who was seen with Governor Biodun Oyebanji during a road inspection yesterday passed on at the State Specialist Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, exactly a week to his daughter’s wedding. See Ekiti State Government’s Release below :
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPEAKER EKITI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HON FUNMINIYI AFUYE PASSES
ADO-EKITI I Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – The Government of Ekiti State regrets to announce the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye.
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.
Yinka Oyebode
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.