Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the late Lagos lawmaker, Tunde Braimoh, confirming that he died of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Mr Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message on Saturday by his chief press secretary, Gboyega Akosile, described late Braimoh as a true democrat who did his best for the people he served at various levels both as local government chairman and state legislator representing Kosofe II.
The governor, while expressing shock over the death of the lawmaker, sympathised with the bereaved family, the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaders and members of the State House of Assembly as well as people of Braimoh’s constituency.
Sanwo-Olu advised the late lawmaker’s constituents to see his death as the will of Allah, noting that no one would have ever imagined that the state would lose another very important personality to the coronavirus, few days after a distinguished senator (Bayo Osinowo).
He said: “The death of Hon. Tunde Braimoh is painful. He died at a time the state had stepped up her fight in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. We must not allow the death of Hon. Braimoh to deter us from forging ahead in our quest to finding a lasting solution to the dreaded disease.
“I am saddened by the death of this fine gentleman; a loyal party man and committed democrat, with a deep understanding of the state’s social and political landscape. He died at a time when the member of his constituency and indeed the entire Lagos need his service most.
“There is no doubt that Hon. Braimoh would be missed by the entire political class, particularly his immediate constituents in Kosofe, which he served passionately as a local government chairman and also represented in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
“I pray that Almighty Allah grants the soul of our beloved Tunde Braimoh eternal rest, grant him a place in Aljannah Firdaus and grant his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
