A lawmaker representing Mushin constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sobur Olawale, died yesterday in Jos, Plateau State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olawale, popularly known as Omititi, slumped during the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Jos, where the ruling party held a campaign inauguration for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cause of Omititi\u2019s death is yet to be known. Another source said he slumped at the airport and efforts made to resuscitate him failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Friday, during a novelty football match to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, the late lawmaker played as the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His death has thrown the State House of Assembly into mourning. Omititi is survived by a wife and three children.MEANWHILE, another APC chieftain in Lagos, Chief Juliana Dupeola Awodogan, popularly known as \u2018Iya Oniyan\u2019 is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman, who is in her 70s died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, on Tuesday. She has been battling undisclosed ailment for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her son, Onarebu Niyi Awodogan, Supervisory Councillor of Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Mushin, announced the death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The late Oniyan controlled a women group which normally drum campaign for the APC during election period in Lagos through dancing and grassroots mobilisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was given the nickname \u2018Oniyan\u2019 because she was a pounded yam merchant and used to supply the State House during the administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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