By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan –
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has mourned the death of the South-West Zonal Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Soji Adagunodo, describing his demise as a huge loss to the party.
NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the late Adagunodo died on Monday in the United States of America at the age of 62.
Governor Makinde, in a condolence message by his media aide, Moses Alao, on Wednesday in Ibadan, said Adagunodo was a great party man and administrator whose death would leave a huge vacuum in the party, particularly in the South-West.
He expressed heartfelt condolences to the PDP family in Osun and the South-West zone and the immediate family of the late politician and prayed for the repose of his soul.
Makinde, who described the late Adagunodo as a politician with strong perseverance, vision and fighting spirit, said that the PDP family would greatly miss him.
“On behalf of the government and people of Oyo State, I express my condolences to the immediate family of our late zonal chairman in the South-West PDP, Hon. Soji Adagunodo, Osun State PDP and the South-West PDP.
“Hon. Adagunodo was a great fighter and strong party administrator, who gave his best for the party and made countless sacrifices for its continued stability.
“His perseverance and vision were exemplary and his death will, no doubt, leave a huge vacuum in the party.
“It is my prayer that God will rest his soul and abide by the family and the party he left behind,” the governor said.
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