The erstwhile Minister of Education and
pioneer Chairman of the defunct Labour Party (LP), in Ondo State, Chief Olaiya
Oni, has died at the age of 74.
Chief Oni, died on Sunday at an undisclosed
hospital in Owo, in Owo Local Government Area of the state after battling with
an unconfirmed health problem.
Sources told Daily Times that the former Minister of Education had
retired to his country-home in Ise Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government
Area to take care of his health which has crippled him from practicing partisan
politics.
Oni, who was appointed the Minister of
Education in the regime of General Abdusalam Abubakar, played an active role in
the debut of the Labour Party (LP) in Ondo state.
He was appointed the Chairman of the party
which oversee the defeat of the late former Governor, Olusegun Agagu of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the year 2009.
The Ise Akoko born politician later resigned
his position as the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in August 2011, after
fallen out with Governor Olusegun Mimiko whom he accused of nepotism in the
running of his government.
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