The South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Soji Adagunodo, is dead. He died on Tuesday in the United States of America.
Adagunodo, the immediate past Osun state PDP chairman, reportedly died in USA, after failing to recover from an undisclosed illness.
Meanwhile, the governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke has expressed shock at the news of the death of the former PDP Chairman, Adagunodo.
He described his passage as “a sore loss not only for the party but also Osun state”
In a condolence message signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor rued the loss of Adagunodo said, “Late Hon Adagunodo is a friend whom I supported to become the state Chairman of the PDP and who in turn backed me to emerge a Senator of the Federal Republic. It is a bitter loss and we will badly miss him.
“The news of the passing of Hon. Adagunodo was devastating to me as a person. I note Hon. Adagunodo contributions to our great party as the Chairman in Osun state and I celebrate the impacts he effected as the South West Chairman of PDP.
“I share in the grief of his family and loved ones, recalling with fondness the good memory he shared with our great party as well as the impacts till his last moment on earth.
“It is our prayer that Almighty God be pleased with his soul and grant Hon. Adagunodo eternal rest just as every loved ones have the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” Adeleke said.