FOLLOWING the sudden death of Mr Deji Tinubu, Special Adviser on Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives to the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, at the ongoing retreat of members of the State Executive Council and Permanent Secretaries at the Jubilee Chalets, Epe, the 3-day exercise has been cancelled.
Deji, who was recently moved from being Special Adviser on Sports and Chairman of the State’s Sports Commission to take up his new portfolio, had slumped while playing five aside match on Thursday evening with fellow participants.
Governor Ambode, according to a reliable source, announced the cancellation of the retreat, which officially commenced on Thursday and was to end on Saturday.
The source disclosed that the governor announced the cancellation in honour of the deceased, whose sudden passage, he said the governor himself described as a huge loss to the state and its people.
“The retreat has been cancelled, it cannot go on again because of the sad happening. The governor has asked that it should be discontinued in honour of the deceased,” the source, who was also in mourning mood said.
