Former majority leader of Ogun assembly dies few hours after 44th birthday
The politician and lawyer was born on February 4, 1974, and was said to have celebrated his birthday earlier in the day.
Mr Mafe started his political journey as a councillor for Ward 3 in Sagamu Local Government Legislative Council in December 1998 until 2002. He was elected as a member of the state House of Assembly in 2011 and became the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Science and Technology. He was re-elected in 2015 under the All Progressives Congress.
“The party recalled that even when others remained in the deflated and defunct Allied People’s Movement , Yinka Mafe took a very bold and courageous step to return to APC. “While commiserating with the wife, children and the entire members of the family of the deceased, and indeed the people of Sagamu 1 State Constituency, the APC prays that God will give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
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