Saturday, January 30, 2021

Tears as Amotekun commandant dies in road crash

 



- After weeks of ethic tension, a fresh tragedy has hit Oyo state 

- This is one of the leaders of Amotekun, Tajudeen Salaudeen, died on Thursday 

- Salaudeen reportedly died in a road crash while trying to avoid a pothole in Ilero 

Tajudeen Salaudeen, a leader of Amotekun security network in Oyo state, has reportedly passed away. 

According to Vanguard, Tajudeen who was a leader of the para-military security group in Kajola local government area died on Thursday, January 28. 

He died in a road crash while trying to avoid a pothole as he rode on his motorcycle. 

It was gathered that Tajudeen was heading to Okeho in the early hours of Thursday when he got a call to come back for an emergency assignment at Ilero. He died while returning. 

His body was deposited at a private hospital morgue in Ilero close to Okeho (Kajola) in Iwajowa local council development.

In a related development, Alhaji Jubil Martins-Kuye, Nigerian former minister of commerce and industry, passed away at the age of 78.

 According to a family source, the former minister who served twice died in his hometown in Ago-Iwoye on Sunday morning. A chartered accountant who practised for several years in Lagos and overseas before moving to politics, Kuye was appointed minister on 6 April 2010 when former president Goodluck Jonathan, then an acting president, announced a new cabinet. 



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