Updated: Tinubu  associate, Mueez Akande, not dead

Mueez Akande, a long time associate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is alive and not dead as earlier reported.

It is his elder brother, Kolapo Akande, who is the husband of Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. Lola Akande, that just passed on at the age of 72.

Akande s brother-in-law to Tinubu’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr Lola Akande, on the death of her husband.

Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, symphatised with Lola Akande over the demise of her husband.

The governor said, “On behalf of my family, my cabinet, the Lagos State government, and the people of Lagos State, I commiserate with the Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. Lola Akande, on the death of his beloved husband, Dr. Kolapo Akande.“

“Dr Akande lived a fulfilled life. He will be sorely missed by his family and loved ones. We sympathise with the Akande family, the wife, children and the entire extended families of the deceased.

“I pray for the repose of Dr. Kolapo Akande’s soul. God will grant him eternal rest and comfort the family, friends and associates he left behind.”