Senator Bayo Sikiru Oshinowo, representing Lagos East at the National Assembly, is dead.
He was said to have died in a Lagos hospital after a brief illness.
Popularly referred to as “Pepper” in political circle, he was until his death the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Industries and Investment.
Born on November 28, 1955, he had his primary school education at St. Augustin Primary School in Ijebu-Ode and his Secondary Education in Issoyin Grammar School.
He studied Building Technology at the lnstituto per Geometri, Rome, Italy, and obtained a Master’s degree at Urbaniana University, Rome, Italy, where he specialised in Building Technology.
He represented Kosofo constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly for four terms.
