Tragedy in Lagos APC as Tinubu's Ally, Prominent GAC Member, Dies at 73PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Lagos - A prominent member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos, Professor Tunde Samuel is dead. The Nation reported that the deceased was a former Special Adviser on Education to former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Legit.ng gathers that Prof. Samuel died on Wednesday night, February 16, at the age of 73. Samuel was a retired Professor of Political Economics of Education and a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin. Recommended for you Tension erupts as PDP governorship candidate escapes assassination PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app He served as Chairman of the Governing Councils for the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti and the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, respectively. He was also an International Consultant for UNESCO and UNICEF. Prof. Samuel was also a member of the 2014 National Conference. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described Professor Samuel as a titan whose positive roles in Lagos cannot be forgotten in a hurry. A statement signed by the chief press secretary to the speaker, Eromosele Ebhomele, indicated that Professor Samuel, a chieftain and founding member of the APC, was reckoned as one of the founding fathers of the Lagos State University (LASU). Recommended for you "Daddy Falana, Debo is my friend": Actor Lege reacts as Mr Macaroni sues hi... Dr. Obasa, who paid a visit to the home of the deceased on Thursday, said: In another report, Hamman Ahmad, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, is dead. The former Customs boss died on Wednesday, January 26, at the age of 78 years. A former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamman Ahmad, has died at the age of 78. The newspaper stated that a relative of the deceased, Ibrahim Ahidjo, confirmed the development. He said Ahmad died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Abuja. Source: Legit.ng The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (Asiwaju Bola Tinubu), has lost a trusted political ally Professor Tunde Samuel, a prominent member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos, died on Wednesday, February 16 The deceased served as a Special Adviser on Education during the administration of Asiwaju Tinubu as Lagos governor PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Lagos - Legit.ng Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app "Prof. Samuel's demise is a blow, a pain that would take long for us to bear both as people of Agege, the APC as a family, the GAC and the entire Lagos state."