Mrs Esther Zainab Kolawole, the wife of the Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly, has died.
This is stated in a statement signed by Mr Femi Olugbemi, Chief Press Secretary to Assemblyman Matthew Kolawole, the speaker.
He stated that the deceased died early Sunday morning in a Lagos state hospital.
According to the statement, Olugbemi Mrs Kolawole was 50 years old when she died after a brief illness.
The burial arrangements, he says, will be announced later.
She is survived by her husband, children, siblings, and an elderly mother, according to him.