JUST IN: Tinubu’s ‘Distant’ In-law, Kolapo Akande Is Dead

Dr. Kolapo Akande, an in-law of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has reportedly passed away.

According to information received by Naija News on Thursday, Kolapo, who was married to Dr. Lola Akande, the sister of Oluremi Tinubu, passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 72.

Reporters were informed by a relative who did not want his name published that Kolapo has been suffering from an undisclosed illness for some time.

However, the bereaved relatives have not yet made the terrible development public. According to Naija News, Akande’s passing occurs a few days after the APC announced the deaths of two party chieftains.

The first incident reported was that of an APC lawmaker at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Abdul-Sobur Olawale, who slumped and died in Jos during the party’s presidential campaign flag-off, While another was the APC in Lagos, Chief Juliana Dupeola Awodogan, popularly known as ‘Iya Oniyan’ who died the same day with Olawale on 15 November 2022.

The woman in her 70s died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, on Tuesday after a protracted illness.