Kwara State Assembly Lawmaker Dies

The Honorable member representing Patigi constituency at the 9th Kwara state House of Assembly, Ahmed Rufai, is dead.

The Speaker of the House, Salihu Danladi, made this known in a statement earlier today by his Special Assistant on Media, Ibrahim Sheriff.

Naija News learnt that he died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Mourning the lawmaker, the Speaker said, “it is with a heavy heart and total submission to the will of Almighty Allah that we announce the death of our colleague, Honourable Ahmed Saidu Rufai representing Patigi constituency.”

“This is an unexpected situation that caught us in a rude shock but unfortunately, the Almighty deprived us of the power to reverse such sad occurrence,” he added.

Danladi also prayed that God grants late Rufai rest as well as his family and friends the fortitude to bear the loss.