Top APC chieftain dies in UK

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulraheem Owokoniran has died in the United Kingdom.

His death was confirmed by the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Owokoniran was Sanwo-Olu’s former Senior Special Assistant on Works and Infrastructure,

He was also a former aide to the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and former aspirant in the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives Surulere Federal Constituency by-election primary.

The Governor said the deceased was a strong party man and an advocate of masses-oriented programmes.

He said: “I am saddened by the death of one of our trusted party members in Lagos APC, Abdulraheem Owokoniran. He was a loyal party man and a committed democrat.

“He was an extremely loyal and great politician, who did his best for our party. He served Lagos State passionately during his tenure as Senior Special Assistant on Works and Infrastructure by contributing his quota to the growth and development of Lagos State.

“Abdulraheem Owokoniran would be missed by the entire political class, particularly the people of Surulere, Lagos APC and the state as a whole. I pray that God will grant the soul of the beloved Abdulraheem Owokoniran eternal rest in Aljannah Firdaus and grant his immediate family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.”