Sanwo-Olu Mourns Lagos Lawmaker, Sobur, Olawale
L-R: Minister of Tourism from Gambia, Hamat Bah; minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; secretary general, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili; Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; minister of Tourism from Sierra Leone, Memunatu Pratt and Lagos State deputy governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, during a courtesy visit to the governor, at the Lagos House, Marina. PHOTO BY KOLAWOLE ALIU
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passing of a state House of Assembly member, representing Mushin II State Constituency, Hon. Sobur Olayiwola Olawale.
He described the death of the lawmaker as shocking and a great loss to the state.
The governor commiserate with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and the state lawmakers, as well as family, friends and associates of Hon. Olawale, who slumped and died in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday.
Hon. Olawale was until his death the chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Relations.
Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, yesterday described the late Olawale as a committed lawmaker and democrat, who served his constituents and Lagos State passionately until his sudden demise.
He urged people to see Olawale’s death as the will of Allah and take solace in God for a good life spent by the deceased person during his lifetime.
The governor also sympathised with the people of Mushin LGA, the deceased constituents, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and members in the state.
He said: “The death of Hon. Sobur Olayiwola Olawale is a great loss to the Lagos State House of Assembly and the State as a whole. I am saddened by his death. He was a loyal party man and a committed democrat and lawmaker. He died at a time when members of his constituency and indeed the entire Lagos needed his service most.
“There is no doubt that Hon. Olawale would be missed by the political class, particularly his immediate constituents in Mushin II State Constituency, whose lives he had impacted positively in numerous ways while serving as member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed the demise of Hon. Setonji David representing Mushin Constituency 2, of the Assembly who slumped and died at Jos Airport while waiting to board a flight to Lagos.