Oyo state Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Kehinde Ayoola is dead.

According to reports, Ayoola, a former Speaker of Oyo House of Assembly, was sick for about two weeks.

He reportedly died at a private hospital around Iyaganku, Ibadan where he was receiving treatment.

The cause of the death could not be ascertained as at the time of filling this report.

Meanwhile, at the moment, no official statement has been released by the government concerning the death.

The Oyo-born politician represented Oyo East state constituency between 1999 and 2003.