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Lagos lawmaker, Tunde Braimoh is dead

The lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Tunde Braimoh, is dead, officials have said.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Kosofe Local Government Chairman, Taiwo Fadipe, confirmed the death to Punch newspaper. He said Buraimoh died after a brief illness.

Reliable sources at the assembly also confirmed the development.

Until his death, Mr Braimoh was an active member of the state’s parliament and the chairman of its committee on information.

Mr Braimoh was from the same senatorial district as a late senator, Bayo Osinowo, who represented Lagos East Senatorial District until his death in June.

Mr Osinowo had represented Kosofe Constituency 2 at the Lagos assembly for more than three terms until his election into the Senate in 2019, replacing Gbenga Ashafa.

On June 16, Mr Braimoh had written a poem in honour of the late senator, whom he described as his leader and mentor.

According to one of his colleagues who does not want to be named since he has not been authorised to do so, Mr Braimoh was last seen in the chamber about two weeks ago, but he was, however, not officially reported sick.

The source said the news of his colleague’s death was broken to him at 2 a.m.

“It is shocking. This honourable was one of the most intelligent among us. I did not see him throughout last week and also this week. But we didn’t bother because unofficially members have been skipping sittings because of COVID-19 pandemic,” the member said.

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According to one of his colleagues, Mr. Victor Akande (Ojo Constituency 1), who spoke with journalists on phone, late Braimoh was a very cautious individual whose death made him sleepless.

Akande said: “It is true; I could not sleep since 1a.m., when I learned about his demise. He is one of those who never toyed with his health matters.

“Highly cautious, he will always maintain strict adherence to all medical counsels from the appropriate quarters, as it concerns the prevention of this COVID-19 scourge.

“He would be sorely missed. He was such a fine breed, whose impact will ever remain a point of reference.”

Another colleague, Mr. Hakeem Sokunle, the House Health Committee Chairman hinted that the late Braimoh died of COVID-19 also and might have contracted it from late Senator Bayo Osinowo, with whom he was a close friend.

According to Sokunle, “we have been battling it for a while now before his sudden demise. It is so sad we eventually lost him.

“It is assumed he may have likely contracted the virus from late Pepperito, with whom, you are much aware, he was a close confidant. It is confirmed he died of COVID-19.”

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