Lagos senator, Bayo Osinowo, is dead

Bayo Osinowo

Senator Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, who represented Lagos East at the National Assembly, has died.

He was 64-year-old.

The federal legislator, though diabetic, is reported to have died of complications arising from coronavirus.

He died in one of the isolation facilities of the Lagos State Government.

Osinowo was a four-time member of the Lagos State House of Assembly before his election to the Senate.

He was elected a senator in 2019, replacing Gbenga Ashafa.