By Ayodele Oni
A former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, is dead.
Egbeyemi died at the early hours of Saturday at the popular Multisystem Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital at 79.
Egbeyemi, who was born on 8th of May 1944 was a Nigerian lawyer and politician.
He served as deputy to immediate past Governor Kayode Fayemi from 2018 to 2022.
He had earlier served as Chairman, Ado local government, a Commissioner before Fayemi picked him as his running mate in 2018.
For his performance while serving as a council boss, a market was named after him in the state capital.
Although, the news of his sudden demise has not been confirmed by the appropriate authorities, but a closed Ally who worked with him as one of his principal officers when he was the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, who spoke on condition of anonymity explained that the former Deputy Governor died at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday morning.
