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The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo, passed on in the early hours of Friday. He was aged 47.
The sad news has thrown the House of Assembly and indeed, the entire state into mourning. Adeyemo’s death was least expected even though no one knows when death would visit.
Circumstances surrounding his death are yet to be ascertained but reports said he died in Jericho General Hospital where he had been rushed to after slumping Thursday night. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest
Adeyemo, a lawyer, was elected on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to represent Ibarapa East in the state legislature in 2011.
Before his election, he was an associate at the law chambers of Olijinmi & Akeredolu & Co., Chambers in Ibadan.
Following re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, he was elected the Speaker of the House.
Background
Late Adeyemo was the first child of the Adeyemo family of Alaarun Compound, Lanlate, Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State. He was born November, 1970.
He attended IMG School, Oke Ado, Ibadan for his primary school education and Celestial Church High School, Oke Ado, Ibadan for his secondary school education.
He bagged his first degree in Educational Management from the University of Port Harcourt and later went on to study Law at the University of Ibadan, bagging his LLB in 2004.
Adeyemo who joined politics in 2007, was the Deputy Chief Whip and a member of committees of Fund Allocation, Works and Transport, Agriculture, Trade and Investment as well as Appropriation and Public Finance in the 7th State Assembly.
He was a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and International Bar Association (IBA) and served in the Executive Committee as an auditor and Assistant Secretary of NBA, Ibadan branch.
Until his death, Adeyemo was Speaker of the 8th Oyo Assembly and a Master’s student at the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan.
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