Former Ogun State Commissioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, John Odubela, has died at the age of 55.

Odubela, who was, until his death, the Head of Chamber, Rickey Tarfa & Co., reportedly died on Monday, PUNCH reports.

The deceased, who was a former Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in the administration of ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, bagged the title Senior Advocate in September 2017.

Odubela was lawyer to several VIPs, such as former Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye; Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio; and the All Progressives Congress candidate in the last Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

He was survived by a wife and three daughters.

Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has also taken to social media on Tuesday to mourn the deceased, whom he said was also his lawyer.

Details later…