The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Monday described as “most unfortunate, shocking and heart rending” the fatal attack on his former Special Adviser on Health, Toyin Hamzat.
According to the governor, it was a supreme irony of life that such a man of peace who gave so much in the service of his nation and community could come to such a violent end.
While condoling with his Ogun counterpart, the government and people of Ogun State as well as the immediate family of the deceased, Mr Fashola described the late Hamzat’s death as a personal loss to him, Lagos State and the entire South West family of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
The late Hamzat, who was a former chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, was shot dead around 9pm on Sunday on the expressway around Sagamu, Ogun state.
He was reportedly returning from his country home in Aiyepe, Ogun state when he was attacked.
