The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka dies at 52 years old
Mrs Funmilayo who has been battling with Cancer for several months succum to it in a Lagos Hospital yesterday evening (6th of April).
According to PM News,Mrs Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Nigeria on 20 June 1960 and attended Holy Trinity Grammar School Ibadan where she obtained her first school leaving certificate with distinction.
She attended Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo State, Nigeria where she obtained her Higher School Certificate (HSC) She holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration [Marketing] from Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States in 1981 and 1983 respectively. She was three times winner of the Dean’s Honour roll.
She worked at various professional levels with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Access Bank, and United Bank for Africa Plc. Until her election as the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, she was Head of Corporate Services, Ecobank Transatlantic Inc.
Following a fundamentally flawed elections process during the 2007 Gubernatorial elections, the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, Mr Segun Oni was declared as the winner of that election. Whereupon Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka in conjunction with Dr Kayode Fayemi headed to court to contest the veracity of the results.
On 14 October 2010, after a three and a half year prolonged re-election process and court battle, an Elections Appeal Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria sacked former Governor Segun Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared Dr Kayode Fayemi of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the new governor of Ekiti State.Mrs Olufunmilayo Olayinka was subsequently sworn in as the substantive Deputy Governor of Ekiti State.
Funmilayo Olayinka is married with three children.
Her illness was a major concern to the Ekiti State government, such that three weeks ago she was asked to proceed on leave to take care of her health. The leave proved a terminal one.
She survived by Husband, Children, Sibling and Aged Parents.
May her wonderful Soul Rest in Peace
Wat a painfull lost.GOD giveth and taketh.I pray dat d almighty gvs ur fmly d fortitude to bear d lost. Rest in peace.
ReplyDeletei sincerely commiserate with the pple of Ekiti State, may God grant the entire state the fortitude to bear the loss.
ReplyDeleteWat a big lost to their entire family and ekiti state government.may her soul rest in perfect peace ijn
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