The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources in Oyo State, Rt Hon Olatunji K Ayoola JP, is dead.

Hon Olatunji K Ayoola JP died on Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement by the ministry.

He served as the Speaker of the state House of Assembly in 1999 under Lam Adesina’s governorship and became the Commissioner for Environment following Governor Seyi Makinde’s inauguration in 2019.

The cause of his death is yet to be revealed as at the time of filling this report.