The death was announced on Friday that the former national Vice-Chairman of PDP, Chief Ishola Filani is dead.
Chief Filani died on Thursday in a London hospital, United Kingdom at the age of 72.
He was the Vice-Chairman of PDP (Southwest) between 2012 and 2014.
Reacting, former Deputy Chairman of the party, Olabode George, described the demise as colossal loss and painful.
George, in a statement said the deceased “was a man of warmth, full of devotion, enveloped within whatever cause he pursued with vigor and sheer honesty.
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“He resonated with settled intelligence and far reaching determined articulation. He could be combative in debate but without malice.
“He could disagree with demonstrated fervor but without acrimony. He was a patriot with passion, a distinguished lawyer with assertive merits.â€
Similarly, the South-West Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, noted that the party received the news of the death with rude shock while commiserating with his family.
“While alive, he was a democrat and gave his all. He is a committed, resourceful and loyal leader of the party,†he said.
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