Oyo Speaker, Michael Adeyemo is dead

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan

Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Michael Adesina Adeyemo, 47, is dead.

PMNEWS gathered that the lawmaker died of heart attack in the early hours of today at Jericho Hospital Ibadan and his body has been deposited in the mortuary.

The Eruwa-born lawyer turned politician represented Ibarapa East Local Government in the Assembly and emerged Speaker of the Oyo State Assembly in 2015.

As at the time of filing this report, the state government is yet to issue a statement on the demise of the lawmaker.