The Chief Matron, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline
Oriola, has reportedly died in her office within the assembly premises.
It was gathered that Oriola had gone
to the office on Saturday, August 22, but that her corpse was discovered
yesterday by a cleaner, who had gone to clean the clinic (Read more after the cut).
Sources in the assembly revealed
that the woman had gone to her office on Saturday to take some drugs and was
said to have put on the air conditioning unit in the office and locked the
door.
It was gathered that the security
men on duty were oblivious of the incident though the woman signed in before
she picked the keys to the clinic, being a weekend.
A visit to the House revealed a sad
atmosphere as the place was calm and some of the staff of the assembly were
seen discussing her death in groups.
A source said: “It is, indeed, sad
news. Nobody expected that she would die when she did. We were told that she
was in the clinic to pick some drugs only for her dead body to be found on the
floor by a cleaner.”
Another source disclosed that
Oriola’s husband, who had waited endlessly for her to return home that
Saturday, had gone to check on her at the Assembly, but could not find her car
in the car park, adding that he was unaware that she parked at the lawmakers’
car park in the assembly.
The body of the deceased was later
conveyed to the morgue in the early hours of yesterday in the assembly’s
ambulance, accompanied by some staff of the House, led by the Clerk, Mr. Segun
Abiru.
Mr. Musibau Rasak, Chief Press
Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Mubashiru Obasa, who confirmed the report,
expressed the condolence of the Speaker to the bereaved family and friends.
He prayed to God to grant the soul
of the departed eternal rest.
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