JUST IN: LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, OBASA LOSES FATHER
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has lost his father, Alhaji Sulaiman Obasa.
Obasa died on Tuesday morning.
Confirming his demise, the Secretary of the Orile Agege Local Council Development Area chapter of the All Progressives Congress, who doubles as the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Political and Legislative Affairs, Fatai Olagoke Ajibola, in a statement on Tuesday, said the late Obasa would be buried today according to Islamic rites.
“The venue of the Janazah prayer will be communicated in due course,” Ajibola added.
Details later…
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