Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat, the father of the Deputy Governor-elect of Lagos state, Obafemi Hamzat is dead.

Late Hamzat was the Olu of Afowowa Sogade in Ogun State.

According to TheNation, the late monarch died on Sunday evening and the funeral prayer will hold on Monday, May 13, 2019, at his Yaya Abatan Ogba residence in Lagos.

The deceased was a member of Lagos State assembly and Commissioner for Transportation between 1979 and 1983.

He was also the former National Vice Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) before it metamorphosed into Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and now APC.