Ibadan – A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Ademola Popoola is dead. He was 45years.
Popoola, a member of PDP , represented Ibadan South East 11 Constituency in the house died Tuesday night at the University Teaching Hospital,Ibadan.
Until his death, Popoola was the Chairman of the assembly’s Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters.
He was also the Ibadan South East Constituency 11 PDP Candidate for the 2023 general elections.
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin in his reaction described the death of Popoola as grievous and heartbreaking.
“The news of the death of one of the most active, vibrant and resourceful lawmakers in the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Ademola Popoola popularly called Popson came to me and everyone in the House as a rude shock.
*We are deeply saddened and grieved by this painful and untimely exit of one of us.
“This is unbearable. He was a patriotic, selfless and hardworking lawmaker who gave his best for the service of Oyo State House of Assembly, his constituents and indeed the entire people of Oyo State. ” Oyo Speaker said in a condolence message.
He further described the Kate lawmakers as a peace loving and easy-going gentleman who was admired by all.
“I have been visiting him in the hospital and he has been showing signs of recovery. Little did i know that I was seeing him for the last time few days ago when I went in company of some lawmakers.
“We just lost a bridge builder, a man of peace and a gentleman par-excellent . He will be sorely missed by everyone of us.
“My condolences to his entire family, his wife and children and to the good people of Ibadan South East State Constituency.
“We are however , happy, that he has not died in vain. His humanitarian and political legacies live on. I also condole with the Oyo State Government and the entire PDP family in the State on this irreparable loss, ” Ogundoyin said.
