Lagos speaker loses father

Pa Suleimon Atanda Obasa, father of the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, is dead.

The Speaker made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele.

According to the statement, the businessman passed on in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 83.

He is survived by his wives, children and grandchildren, among whom he is the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

His remains would be interred at 4pm in the Agege (Old Abeokuta Motor Road) area of Lagos State, according to Islamic rites.