Kogi speaker’s wife dies at 50

Esther Kolawole, wife of the speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly Matthew Kolawole, has died at the age of 50.

Kolawole’s chief press secretary Femi Olugbemi announced in a statement that she died early Sunday in a Lagos hospital following a brief illness.

Mr Olugbemi said burial arrangements will be announced later.

The deceased is survived by her husband, children, siblings and an aged mother.

Kolawole was in July 2019 re-elected speaker of the seventh assembly. He was the speaker of the sixth assembly.