The Vice Chairman of Ifelodun Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon Lateef Ojora-Adejiyan has died.
The Council’s Chief Press Secretary, Kamaldeen AbdulSalam, made this known in a statement.
According to the statement, Ojora-Adejiyan breathed his last on Thursday at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos after a brief illness. He was aged 62.
The Chairman, Mayor Olufemi Akanbi Okeowo has mourned the passing of his Vice Chairman, describing him as “a fatherly figure whose lifestyle affected a lot of people positively”.
“Hon Lateef Ojora-Adejiyan served Ifelodun LCDA meritoriously as Vice Chairman under the first time administration of the immediate past government and also a one-time Supervisor for Works and will be remembered for his humility and leadership style. It is our prayer that his family finds the strength to cope with this loss.
“Hon Lateef, aged 62, died in the late hours of December 23rd, 2021 in the St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos after a brief illness.
“We pray that may Allah grant his repose soul eternal rest in Jannatul Firdaus-Amin,” the statement added.