Oyo: Makinde Loses Permanent Secretary, Wasiu Gbadegesin

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, in Oyo State, Wasiu Gbadegesin is dead.

Governor Seyi Makinde who reacted to the development in a statement released on Wednesday noted that he was sad to hear of his death.

The Oyo State Governor described the late permanent secretary as a hardworking and efficient civil servant, who gave his best to the State.

Makinde further stated that Gbadegesin’s wealth of experience and expertise would be sorely missed.

“The passage of the Solicitor-General of Oyo State and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Prince Wasiu Adetunji Gbadegesin is a great blow to the ministry, the state and the judiciary.”

“It is my prayers that God will grant him Aljanah Firdaus and give his immediate family, the royal family of Oyo, civil servants and members of the judiciary family in the state the fortitude to bear this loss,” Makinde said

In another development, a former lawmaker who represented Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Satty Davies Gogwim is dead.

Naija News gathered that Senator Gogwim reportedly died on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the age of 71 in an undisclosed hospital in the United Kingdom.