Osinbajo mourns the loss of President Buhari’s aide

– Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has condoled with the family of the late senior special assistant to the president on Economic Matters, Ayoleke Adu.

– Osinbajo described Adu as a diligent economic professional

– Sources say Adu, who hailed from Omuo Ekiti, Ekiti state, died in India, after a prolonged illness

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has condoled with the family of the late senior special assistant to the president on Economic Matters, Ayoleke Adu.

According to a statement by the senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, Laolu Akande, the presidential aide died at the age of 44.

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The statement read: “With heavy hearts, we regret to announce the untimely passage of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Matters, Mr. Ayoleke O. Adu. He was aged 44.

“Adu, a diligent economic professional and Certified Financial Analyst, CFA, passed on last week Saturday after a period of illness.

“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on behalf of the President and himself condoles with his wife, children, mother and the entire family. He prays that God will grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

“Before he joined the Buhari presidency last year, Adu was the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Capital Securities Ltd, a leading investment firm with headquarters in Lagos.

“As a member of the President’s Economic Management Team and a presidential aide deployed to the Office of the Vice President, Adu would be remembered as a patriotic, forthright, creative and astute professional. He will indeed be sorely missed.

“Burial arrangements will be announced later.”

Sources say the late Adu, who hailed from Omuo Ekiti, Ekiti state, died in India, after a prolonged illness. He was an investment banker and a major stakeholder in the banking industry.

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Meanwhile, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the minister of Solid Minerals Development, has described the death of Adu as a personal loss to him, a major loss to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He said Adu’s death has robbed the APC, Ekiti state chapter of another prominent member, and compounded its grief, especially coming closely on the heels of  the death of Chief Ibidapo Awojolu and Alhaji Femi Ganiyu Adeyemi.

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