Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, is dead.

The Ikere constituency 1 representative passed away on Wednesday.

The 66-year-old died at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the capital.

It was gathered that Afuye was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the lawmaker attended the Thanksgiving Service for Governor Biodun Oyebanji, who just assumed office.