JUST IN: Osun PDP House Of Reps Candidate Is Dead

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Irewole/Isokan/Ayedaade Federal Constituency, in Osun state, Southwest Nigeria, Sola Arabambi, is dead.

Gatekeepers News reports that an aide to the late Arabambi, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the development, stating his principal died on Saturday during a brief illness.

In a release by his Media Office, the ex-governorship aspirant on the platform of the PDP in Osun State, Dotun Babayemi said Arabambi’s death was hurtful, describing him as a man who was sincere about his desires to serve his people.

The statement read in part, “Of a truth, the news of Sola’s death came to me as a rude shock. He was a man who was service-driven. He touched many lives within his reach and as such, his contributions can not be forgotten.”

Babayemi, while condoling the family, party, and the people of the federal constituency over the death, prayed for the repose of the deceased and the fortitude to bear his loss.