The speaker of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, is dead after suffering Cardiac arrest Wednesday.
Confirming the report, the chief press secretary to the state governor, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement, “Afuye died Wednesday evening at the Ekiti state teaching hospital, Ado Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest.”
“The government of Ekiti state regrets to announce the death of the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye.
“The late Afuye, 66, was a former Commissioner, 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.”
