Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has confirmed that the chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Babatunde Oke, died from coronavirus complications.
Mr Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message by his chief press secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said Mr Oke’s demise is a big loss to the council and Lagos.
Oke, a second term chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA, died in the early hours of Wednesday.
The governor implored Lagosians to use the death of the council chairman as a reminder that all hands must be on deck in reducing the spread of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic, as well as obeying basic rules and regulations in respect to COVID-19.
He said: “The death of Hon. Babatunde Oke is a painful and great loss to the State. We must however not allow the death of Hon. Oke to deter us from forging ahead in our quest to finding a lasting solution to the dreaded coronavirus, which is ravaging the world. In fact the best way we would preserve the memories of those we have lost to the virus is for the world to find a solution to the pandemic.
“Needless for me to say that I am saddened by the death of this fine gentleman; a loyal party man and committed democrat, who had a deep understanding of local government administration and the political landscape.”
Sanwo-Olu also condoled with the immediate family of the departed, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Conference 57 and the entire people of Onigbongbo LCDA over the death of Oke.
