The 2019 deputy gubernatorial candidate of the Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Comrade Ebunoluwa Famuti has died at 55.
Famuti was until her death, a staff of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Oyo State chapter, and member of the SPN in the state.
She had been buried in her hometown, Uso in Ondo State.
The party, in a statement signed by its state secretary, Comrade Ayodeji Adigun, confirmed her death.
Adigun in the statement made available to DAILY POST in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital said, “Comrade Ebunoluwa was not just a member of the SPN but also the party’s Deputy Governorship Candidate in the 2019 general elections as well as an active member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – the socialist organization which formed the SPN along with other activists. She was also a passionate supporter of the struggle against injustice, for a better society and always ready and willing to give material support to advance struggles.
“Her only vehicle, which she was using for a commercial purpose, was made available for use at no cost for the SPN campaign in 2019.
“Comrade Ebunoluwa also made herself available at virtually every activity of both the organization and party in the state. She attended meetings and participated in the organisation’s interventions in the struggles of the working people at workplaces and within the communities.
“She usually joined other members to distribute leaflets and sell publications of the organization like the paper – Socialist Democracy (SD), often used to canvas support for Socialist ideas.
“We express our condolences to her family, NULGE, friends and associates and call on workers, youths and masses to join us in SPN to accomplish the task of the socialist transformation of the Nigeria state and economy which is the only system that can guarantee a better society desired by our late comrade Ebunoluwa Famuti.”
Ex-SPN deputy gubernatorial candidate in Oyo, Famuti is dead