Lagos State House of Assembly First Female Deputy Speaker Is Dead

Lagos state house of assembly’s first female Deputy Speaker, Adetoun Adediran is dead. 

Truetells Nigeria reports that Adediran died early today, Wednesday, 5 January, 2022 after a brief illness. She was the first elected female Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly when she served between 1999 and 2003.

Since then she has held many political offices including being the Women Leader of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).