By Dele Moses, Ilorin
The Suspended Speaker of the legislative council of the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Adeniyi Emmanuel, is dead.
Emannuel was suspended alongside all other members of the legislative bodies of the 16 local government councils of the state by the state government.
They were elected into office when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was ruling the state and had been in the office for about 18 months before their suspension by the present government controlled by the All Progressives Party (APC).
The government suspended them alongside the chairmen and vice chairmen of the 16 councils and hinged the suspension on what it called the need to carry out a thorough and uninterrupted investigation of allegation of misappropriation of public fund made against them.
Emannuel who is a member of the PDP like most of his suspended colleagues died on Thursday.
Meanwhile the State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has commiserated with the opposition PDP and the people of Ekiti local government council over the death.
The Governor in his condolence message said the death of the politician who left behind his parents and a young family was painful.
“This is one death too many, particularly because the deceased left behind his two parents, a wife, and little children. We wish this never happened but we are all pencils in the hands of our Maker. We are therefore left with no choice but to accept God’s decision.
“We commiserate with the family of the deceased and the entire PDP family in the state. We commiserate with the entire suspended executive and legislative councils of Ekiti local government. We also share in the pains of his young family and pray the Almighty God to strengthen them at this sombre time and always. We also pray for the repose of his soul,” the condolence message read.
