A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Juliana Awodogan popularly known as Iya Oniyan is dead.
The deceased’s son, Onarebu Awodogan, said his mother died on Tuesday at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Mr Awodogan is the supervisory councillor of Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Mushin.
Iya Oniyan, who was in her 70s, had been battling an undisclosed ailment.
Iya Oniyan was a grassroots mobiliser for the APC and was particularly useful for the party during electioneering campaigns.
She earned the nickname ‘Iya Oniyan’ because she was a pounded yam merchant and used to supply the Lagos State House pounded yam during the administration of Bola Tinubu.
