Former Welfare Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaja Ramota Bankole, has passed on in Mecca.
Bankole, who is one of the Lagos APC women leaders from the Epe Division, died while performing a Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Seye Oladejo, said the late Bankole was a committed member of the party.
He said in a statement;
“Her death is most shocking and unfortunate. She was a committed and experienced party leader. The deceased was a proven mobiliser and inspiration for women’s participation in politics. May her precious soul be in peace.”