Aminu Adisa Logun, the Chief of Staff to Kwara Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, is dead.
He died on Tuesday of COVID-19 complications, only few hours after result of test carried out on him returned positive.
He was 73.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed the sad incident.
He said: “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, we wish to announce the passing of the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State Aminu Adisa Logun (mni).
“Logun, an industrialist, a public intellectual, and an elder statesman, died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19. He died only a few hours after the test of his result returned positive.
“The entire government and the people of Kwara State have lost an outstanding public servant who diligently served the state at various times, including as Chief of Staff to the Governor from June 7, 2019 until he returned to his Lord.
“The Governor has declared seven-day mourning in honour of the late Chief of Staff.
“The Governor commiserates with the family of the late Chief of Staff and the entire Ilorin Emirate for this tragic development.
“We pray the Almighty Allah to grant him Al-Jannah Firdaus and give the family the fortitude to bear the huge loss.
“Details about his janazah will be made public by the family and the government in due course.”
Kwara gov CoS, Logun, is dead
by Tunde Oyekola, Ilorin
Aminu Logun, the Chief of Staff to Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, is dead.
Logun’s death was announced on Tuesday via Twitter by the governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Olayinka Fafoluyi.
“Kwara State Chief Of Staff, Aminu Adisa Logun, is dead. Indeed, death is the next thing after birth. Black Tuesday here in Kwara,” Fafoluyi wrote.
It was gathered that Logun died at a medical facility in Ilorin, the state capital.
The late CoS was said to have suffered from a brief sickness before his demise.
Logun was appointed CoS by the governor in 2019.
I have no plan to join PDP, says Ondo ex-SSG
by Peter Dada, Akure
The immediate former Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Sunday Abegunde, on Tuesday said he has no intention to join the Peoples Democratic Party.
Abegunde resigned his appointment on Monday, alleging that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu maltreated him while he served.
The former SSG, who spoke with journalists in Akure, the state capital on Tuesday, said his resignation had not translated to defection, maintaining that he was still a member of the All Progressives Congress in the state.
He said, ” Even though I have resigned, I am not defecting to the PDP, I remain a loyal member of the APC.”
Abegunde had on Monday following his defection alleged that Akeredolu did not win the 2016 election but was assisted to the seat by some persons.