Published 16th Nov, 2022

By Segun Ige

A Lagos lawmaker, Sobur Olawale, representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, died during Bola Tinubu’s campaign rally at Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Tuesday.

FIJ spoke with an official at the Information Unit Department of Mushin Local Government, who explained that Olawale died of a heart attack because he had been suffering from an underlying high blood pressure.

“It was not after the campaign rally that he died. He slumped and died during the campaign,” the official said. “He wasn’t sick, but of course he had high blood pressure he was managing. It was an attack, a heart attack.”

“Everyone was just shocked. He had a programme slated for tomorrow, a town hall meeting. That’s the quarterly meeting we were supposed to be having with him to know what his constituent needed, and all that.”

In a video obtained by FIJ, a group of army officials slap, drag and hit a particular youth with a stick at the rally. His offence is not stated in the video.

“Please, security forces, I beg of you, stop beating this people,” a man cries.

Meanwhile, FIJ learnt that some participants hurled stones at Tinubu’s supporters on the campaign ground, and they had come all the way from Lagos, Borno and Katsina.

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