Former deputy speaker of the fourth Kwara state House of Assembly, Hon. Christopher Ayeni, on Thursday died in a ghastly auto accident.
Tribune Online gathered that the accident occurred at about 10:00 am 500m away from Igbaja junction, Ajase-ipo in the Ifelodun local government area of the state due to overspeeding and lack of concentration.
The accident reportedly claimed the lives of some people, including another driver involved in the accident.
It was learnt that two vehicles involved in the accident are grey colour commercial Sinoki truck with registration number T-17488LA and white colour Toyota hilux pick up vehicle with registration number ARP545KY
A statement by the PRO of the Kwara state sector command of the FRSC, Basambo Olayinka, confirmed the incident, saying that five people involved in the accident are three males and two females.
The statement said that all the five people involved sustained varying degrees of injuries and that no one died at the point of rescue of the accident.
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Basambo, however, said that the late Kwara deputy Speaker died at a cottage hospital, Ajase Ipo that he was taken to for medication.
He said that items recovered at the scene of the accident include 2 ANDROID PHONES now kept with the FRSC and two bags that are with the Nigeria Police, AJASE DIVISION
Meanwhile, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Kwara State, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, has described the death of the former House of Assembly member and Deputy Speaker of the 4th Assembly, Hon. Christopher Tunji Ayeni, popularly known as CT Ayeni, as a great loss.
Prince Fagbemi expressed deep shock over the sad incident that occurred in a fatal accident on Thursday at Igbaja junction in Ajase-Ipo area on his way coming to Ilorin.
“C.T Ayeni, a Civil Engineer turned politician also served as the Commissioner for Agric, S.S.A Agric, Dep.Chief of Staff, Secretary of the APC, chairman, Governing Council Members, Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa and until his death, he was the Akogun of Isapa Land in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.
“CT Ayeni will be remembered for his forthrightness, most especially the role he played in the last local government election, which predicted how dedicated he was to other public service he held throughout his lifetime.
“I expressed heart-felt condolences and sympathy to his immediate family, Isapa community, Ekiti Local Government Area, Kwara State House of Assembly where he once served as the number two member, and most especially APC as a family in Ekiti and Kwara South as a whole.
“I pray that God grant the soul of Late Chief Ayeni a peaceful rest, grant his family, friends and well wishers, and his community, Isapa, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
