Former Kwara Assembly Deputy Speaker, Ayodele Shittu, is dead

A former Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Ayodele Shittu, is dead.

The All Progressive Congress cheiftain in Kwara State was, until his death on Saturday, the Chairman of the International Vocational, Technical and Enterpreneurship College (IVTEC).

Reacting, the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman described his death as painful and shocking.

“The Governor received the news of this death with rude shock. It is a very painful development and a sad loss to the state because the former Deputy Speaker was not just a respected APC leader with widespread goodwill across political divides but he was also a prominent community figure in Offa and the state,” according to a statement by the Governor’s spokesman Rafiu Ajakaye.

“The Governor commiserates with the entire Offa community, especially the family of the late politician. He expresses his deep concern over this loss, and prays that Almighty God comfort the family and repose the soul of Hon. Ayodele Shittu.”