The Guardian (Nigeria)

Tears as Lagos lawmaker, Sobur Olawale, is buried

- By Kehinde Olatunji

ITwas all tears as members and staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, yesterday, received the body of the lawmaker, AbdulSobur Olayiwola Olawale, who passed on in Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday.

The remains of the lawmaker, who represente­d Mushin Constituen­cy II, arrived at the Murtala Mohammed Internatio­nal Airport in the afternoon and were immediatel­y conveyed to his residence in a motorcade that has Obasa, lawmakers, the Lagos State Legislator­s Wives Associatio­n ( LASLEWA), friends, family and associates of the deceased.

The body was later moved to the Ebony Vaults where Governor Babajide SanwoOlu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, joined the crowd of mourners.

The body was interred according to Islamic rites.

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