– A former member of the House of Representative has passed on
– Honourable Olufemi Onimole was said to have died at a London hospital on Saturday, August 27
– He was aged 61
A report by Daily Post indicates that a former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Olufemi Onimole is dead.
The late former lawmaker was said to have died on Saturday, August 27 at a London hospital at the age 61.
The report was however silent on the cause of the former lawmaker’s death.
File photo of the Late Honourable Onimole. Photo credit: Daily Post
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Late Honourable Onimole was elected to represent Ifako Ijaiye Federal Constituency in Lagos state between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD).
He was re-elected into the lower house in 2003 but defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) afterwards.
His attempt for a third term in the House of Representatives was not successful as he lost the 2007 election.
His attempt to overturn the result failed at the Election Petition Tribunal and the Appeal Court.
Before his foray into lawmaking, Late Onimole was the vice chairman of the old Agege local government area.
Just recently, a trainer aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force crashed at the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna.
According to a statement by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the aircraft, an Air Beetle, crashed in Kaduna on Thursday, August 24 during a mission killing the only pilot on board the aircraft.
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