A Lagos senator Adebayo Osinowo has passed away after a brief illness. The lawmaker popularly called Pepperito was said to have passed away from COVID-19 related complications.

He’s reported to have died at the First Cardiology Consultant Hospital in Ikoyi, the same place where President Muhammadu Buhari’s then-chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died of coronavirus complications in April. The four-time Lagos House of Assembly member was elected a senator in 2019. He was representing Lagos East constituency in the Senate.Photo Credit: Getty