Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced the death of a former member of the house, Tony Okey.
Mr Okey was a member of the fourth National Assembly.
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Mr Gbajabiamila said on Wednesday during plenary that Okey served the country meritoriously and selflessly from 1999 to 2003.
The house, in line with its tradition, observed one-minute silence in honour of the former lawmaker and prayed for the peaceful repose of his soul.
Similarly, the immediate past chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on USA/Nigeria Parliamentary Relations, Johnson Agbonnayinma, announced the death of his mother, Cecilia Agbonayinma.
The former lawmaker said in a statement that his mother died in the early hours of November 22 after a brief illness.
