JUST IN!!! Ex-Kwara Deputy Speaker Dies In Auto Crash (Photo)

Christopher Ayeni, a former deputy speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly has died in a car accident on Thursday, October 31, 9News Nigeria has learnt.

Ayeni who was the Deputy Speaker in the fourth State Legislative Assembly reportedly died in the accident which occurred at about 10:00 am at a distance of 500m away from Igbaja junction, Ajase-ipo in the Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

The Public Relations Officer for the state FRSC sector command, Basambo Olayinka confirmed this in a statement on Thursday.

Olayinka said, “The accident involved five people, noting that all five sustained varying degrees of injuries and no fatalities occurred at the scene.”

However, Basambo added that Ayeni later succumbed to his injuries at a cottage hospital in Ajase Ipo, where he had been taken for treatment.

He said that the recovered items from the accident scene included two Android phones now held by the FRSC and two bags in the custody of the Nigeria Police at Ajase-Ipo Division.

Ayeni, a former candidate in the 2023 House of Representatives election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the election.

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