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BREAKING: First female Deputy Speaker in Lagos dies

Lagos loses Mrs. Adetoun Adediran today after she fell ill for a few days.
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FORMER Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Adetoun Adediran has died early today, Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, after a brief illness. 

Honourable Adediran was the first elected female Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly when she served between 1999 and 2003. 

After her tenure at the state's legislature, she served as the Women Leader of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). She was reported to have fallen ill for just two days prior to her demise on Wednesday morning.