Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Bayo Osinowo is dead. He died at the age of 64.

Osinowo, popularly referred to as Pepper, is a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State.

Details of cause of his death as at the time of filing this report is still unknown but there are unconfirmed report that the Senator may have died of deadly Coronavirus.

He was elected Senator in 2019 and was subesequently appointed as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries.

Senator Osinowo had his primary education at St. Augustin Primary School in Ijebu-Ode and his Secondary Education in Issoyin Grammar School, Isoyin.

In 1977, he started his career as a Land Officer at the Federal Ministry of Works till 1979. He then became the Managing Director at NITAL International from 1986 to 2003.

Senator Osinowo became the Managing Director at NIMCO International Co. Ltd from 1990 to 2003.

He also worked as Managing Director, at Extreme Piling and Construction Company Ltd and NIMCO Dredging Company from 1990 to 2003.

Osinowo began his political career in the second republic serving as a youth Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He was a four time member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Meanwhile, the state chapter of the APC has expressed shock of the sudden death of the party Chieftain.

The APC in a statement by its state publicity secretary, Seye Oladejo, commiserated with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his immediate family and the entire Lagos State APC on the shocking loss.

According to the statement, “Senator Bayo Osinowo, it will be recalled, was in the forefront of the battle to entrench democratic governance. He was, particularly, a leading light, in the struggle for the revalidation of June 12.

“He was a strong pillar and a stabilizing force as a long-serving member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.

“Pepper, as he was widely known, will be remembered for his wise counsel, matured leadership, loyalty to the party and commitment to democratic ideals.”

The Lagos APC prayed that, “May Almighty Allah repose his soul, forgive his sins and grant his numerous admirers the fortitude to bear this great loss.”

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APC mourns senator Osinowo dies at 64