OndoState Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has described the late speaker of the State House of Assembly,  Rt. Hon. Samuel Ajayi Adesina as a man with uncommon passion for development, adding  that the vacuum he left  will be difficult to fill.

Dr Mimiko stated this  yesterday at Oniparaga in Odigbo local government area of the State and country home of the late Speaker  during a  funeral service held for him.

The service, which attracted personalities from within and outside the State provided avenue for his colleagues in the House of Assembly, his eldest son,  family members and the chairman of the council area to shower encomium on the late speaker. The governor, who appreciated the immediate family of the deceased  for accepting the verdict of God with faith, stressed  that God had given the deceased the unusual grace to excel in life.

He noted that it was customary to give positive tributes during funeral services but affirmed that all the tributes given at the service were true reflection of the life and time of the deceased.

He said, “ I’m short of words because no amount of words can describe the late Speaker of our House of Assembly. What can we say, is it his passion, is it his ruggedness, his passion for development or his humility, I’ll say that we have lost a man of unequal passion.”