Nigeria: Samwo-Olu Loses Deputy Chief of Staff

15 May 2024
This Day (Lagos)
By Segun James

The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Gboyega Soyannwo, has died after a brief illness. He was 55.

The government in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbemga Omotoso, sid that Governor Sanwo-Olu sends his condolences to the Soyannwo family.

"I have lost a brother and a servant of the people," the governor said while breaking the news to the Executive Council (EXCO) meeting, according to the statement.

After a minute silence in honour of the late DCoS, the governor ended the EXCO meeting.

The late Gboyega Soyannwo is survived by a wife and two children.

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