By ADEYEMI ADELEYE

Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the March 18, 2023 governorship election, has expressed sadness over the death of a prominent party chieftain from Mushin Local Government, Mr Jude Obiekwe.

Adediran expressed his condolences in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, signed by Mr Gbenga Ogunleye, Head, Media and Communications, JANDOR4Governor Campaign Organisation.

According to him, Obiekwe, a candidate of the party to the House of Representatives in 2019 in Mushin Federal Constituency 2, an aspirant to the same office in 2023 and an Ndigbo PDP leader was announced dead on Friday.

Adediran commiserated with the leadership of the party in Mushin LGA, the Lagos chapter of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and all Igbos in the state.

He described the death of Obiekwe as shocking, a huge loss to the party and a big blow to the advocacy and protection of the interest of the ethnic nationalities in the state.

Adeniran prayed that God would grant the Obiekwe family, Mushin PDP, and all Ndigbo in Lagos the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. (NAN)