The Senior Special Assistant to the President on economic matters, Ayodele Adu has been reported dead.
The President’s aide died today, Friday, August 12, 2016.
The sad incident was confirmed by Olayinka Oyebode, the special assistant on media to the minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
Kayode Fayemi in his condolence message described Ayodele Adu’s death as a personal loss to him and the All Progressive Congress, APC.
The minister said: “He was a distinguished Nigerian, an honourable Ekiti man who through dint of hard work and determination worked his way to the top of his professional calling and left marks of excellence on every assignment he undertook. “He was a man of courage, character and conviction, who had a great passion for the Ekiti Project. It is indeed a painful loss. We shall surely miss him.
He further added: “May God grant him eternal rest and give his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss”.