The Egba traditional Council in Abeokuta was thrown into mourning, Saturday as the news of the death of a regent of the Alake of Egbaland , Chief Soniran Sowemimo who reportedly slumped and died at the age of 71 filtered into the town.
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Sowemimo who was appointed recently by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo as a member of regency Council while he was away for a month was reported to have died of Cardiac arrest in Abeokuta,the state capital on Friday night.
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Vanguard gathered that the late Egba Chief who was a-three time Commissioner for Information in the state and a veteran journalist was at Abeokuta Sports Club located in Oke-Ilewo area of the town in company of his club members on Friday night when he suddenly slumped and was rushed to Federal Medical Centre,Idi-Aba, Abeokuta , where he gave up the ghost.
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More details soon.