Some chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have described the death of the party ‘s caretaker chairman in Lagos State, Chief Babatunde Solanke, as shocking.

Solanke died on Saturday at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital after slumping in a hotel in Ikeja and has been buried in his home town, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The deceased, who was appointed the caretaker chairman in August by the party’s national leadership following the dissolution of the state executive, had scheduled a meeting with some chieftains of the party in the state on the fateful day.

Solanke was mandated to conduct congress to elect a new executive within three months before his demise.

A former Vice National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, had on Saturday described Solanke’s death as painful, saying that he would be missed for his commitment to the party

A former factional chairman of the party in Lagos State, Mr Moshood Salvador, said that he was devastated by Solanke’s sudden demise, disclosing that the deceased sent him a text message at 3.00p.m. about the scheduled meeting.

Salvador described Solanke as a gentleman who was committed to the unity and progress of PDP. “He was a complete gentleman who was trying his best to unite everyone ahead of the congress. He is a peacemaker and a friend of all. This a great loss for the PDP family. It is so sad that we have lost him,” he said.

Another former factional chairman of Lagos PDP, Mr. Segun Adewale, described the death as sad, adding that he had information Solanke scheduled meetings with some chieftains of the party.

The Head of Publicity of the caretaker committee, Mr. Femi Careena, said that Solanke’s death was an unpleasant surprise, stressing that it was painful that he died on duty for the progress of the party.

Careena said that all activities concerning the congress would be suspended for a week to honour Solanke.

In his reaction, a former Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Taofik Gani, said that Solanke was committed to midwifing a progressive PDP in the state, noting that the deceased was always responsive and desirous that things should be done properly. “He was a true politician with zeal to reconcile. I pray Lagos would get somebody like him to conclude the caretaker chairmanship,” he said.

“Politicians should learn to be simple and take quest for offices very selfless”, he adds.

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