The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly is dead.
It is gathered that the deceased was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in the early hours of today but it appeared didn’t recover from the ailment.
His Deputy, Hakeem Jamiu presided over the plenary of the House today, without any information about his whereabouts.
Afuye, seasoned politician and a two term member of the house, represents Ikere Constituency 2 at the State House of Assembly. He had served as Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation in the greater part of the Dr Kayode Fayemi’s first term administration
The cause of his death has not been disclosed.