DEJI Falae, who died yesterday in the Associated Airline plane crash conveying the body of Dr. Agagu, was Ondo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism.
News of his death was, however, made more prominent by the fact that he was the son of the leader of Afenifere and erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation and presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy in the 1999 election, Chief Olu Falae.
A lawyer, Deji came into reckoning in 2011 when Governor Olusegun Mimiko appointed him a commissioner following his failure in the struggle to win the Labour Party ticket to contest for the Akure North/South Federal Constituency to the House of Representatives.
He was reappointed at the reconstitution of the state cabinet earlier this year, following the inauguration of Mimiko for a second term.
Deji was in his early 40s
Some civil servants in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism rolled on the floor, yesterday, shedding tears as news of his death broke.
With the death of Deji, the state Executive Council has lost one of its most youthful and energetic members.
Deji’s father, Chief Falae, is a traditional ruler. The Olu of Ilu-Abo in Akure North of the state.
Leaders of Akure, mostly traditional title holders were seen with his father, yesterday.
Chief Falae was largely speechless.
hmmmm… wot a tragedy,so disheartening
Baba may God comfort you and give you strength to bear the irreparable loss.
RIP MY FRIEND