Lagos loses Federal lawmaker, Hon. Elijah Adewale

Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Thursday was thrown into mourning as the news of the demise of a member of the House of Representatives representing the Constituency at the House of Representatives broke.

Hon. Elijah Adewale was said to have slumped and died at the early hours of Thursday in his Abuja residence.

The deceased was said to have attended the caucus meeting of the House of Representatives Wednesday. He was said to have slumped in his house and died very early on Thursday morning, although, the cause of his death is still unknown.

The deceased, born in 1951, was a Special Adviser on Education during the first term of former Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.

The 1968 graduate of Ilesha Grammar School, also attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he bagged a bachelor’s degree in 1979.

Adewale who also holds a Masters Certificate from the Lagos State University in 2005, was Chairman Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government between 2004 and 2007. He was also Special adviser, Education to Lagos State Government between 2009 and 2011.

The deceased contested the 2015 elections for the Federal House of representatives under the Platform of the All Progressive Congress(APC) and Won to represent Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency.