JUST IN: Ex-Ekiti Deputy Gov Egbeyemi is dead

The immediate past Ekiti Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi is dead. He was 78.

Egbeyemi, who was a Deputy Governor of between 2018 and 2022, died around 8pm on Friday after a brief illness.

Egbeyemi’s last public appearance was on February 25, during the presidential and National Assembly election.

A close ally to Egbeyemi disclosed that the former Deputy Governor died at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

In another sad development, the oldest monarch in Delta State, Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area, His Majesty Richard Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro 1, has joined his ancestors at 106 years.

The translated Ohworode who was installed as the 12th Ohworode in 1988 when he was 70 years old, was a Royal Canon and Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers, Urhobo nation.

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