Speaker of the Oyo state House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, has passed away.
According to TVC News, the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker died of a heart attack at Jericho General Hospital in Ibadan, the state capital, on Friday.
Adeyemo, who represented Ibarapa East local government area, emerged speaker of Oyo assembly in 2015.
Adeyemo bagged a degree in education management from the University of Port Harcourt and a law degree from the University of Ibadan.
Before joining politics in 2007, Adeyemo, a lawyer, served as the deputy chief whip of the Oyo house in the seventh assembly.
The late lawyer and lawmaker was a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and International Bar Association (IBA)