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Regional News of Friday, 29 September 2023

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Osun Assembly Speaker commiserates with Oyo lawmaker over son’s death

Oyo State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin Oyo State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin

Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun has commiserated with the Oyo State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin, over the death of his son, Faith Adedoyin.

In a statement signed by Egbedun’s media aide, Olamide Tiamiyu, the Speaker noted that the news came to him as a shock and prayed that God grants the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

“I received with rude shock the news of the untimely death of Faith Adedoyin, a 500-level accounting department student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and a son to Oyo State Assembly Majority Leader.


“On behalf of myself, my family, and the entire Osun State 8th House of Assembly, I commiserate with Hon. Sanjo Adedoyin and the entire family. The Lord will grant you the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. Please, accept my condolences,” he said.

DAILY POST gathered that Adedoyin’s son, Faith was among the students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, who perished in a road traffic accident in Osun on Wednesday night.

According to a statement released by the Osun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, the accident involving a white commercial Mazda bus occurred at the Ojutu Bridge along the Osogbo-Ilobu road.

The driver of the vehicle and two students, a male and a female died in the crash and five other students were rescued with serious injuries.

They were returning to Ogbomoso from an excursion trip to Olumirin waterfall, Erin-Ijesa.