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Ex-Ondo lawmaker, Lubi dies in fatal accident

Former Minority Leader of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Akpoebi Lubi, has died in an auto crash on Tuesday afternoon.

Late Lubi represented Ese-Odo state constituency during the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.

He was the only PDP lawmaker elected to the Assembly in 2011.

Lubi also served as Caretaker Chairman of Ese-Odo local government and was later appointed Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Niger Delta Affairs.

He however resigned from the position before the end of Akeredolu’s first term.

Details of the accident were still sketchy as at press time but sources said the accident occurred at Owena area in Ifedore local government area.

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