Another politician from Ondo State is dead.
Popularly called Groovy, Hon. Nomiye Raphael passed away on Saturday in Abuja weeks after battling an undisclosed heart-related illness.
He was a National Assembly member representing Ilase/Ese Odo area of Ondo State.
His death was confirmed by his people in Ugbo area of Ilaje last night.
Hon. Nomiye was born into the royal family of Chief Jeremiah Sego.
He has served in various political capacity in Ondo state. He was a board member for Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC).
Sources said the 50-year-old politician grabbed his chest and slumped in the early hours of Saturday, November 23rd, 2013, in Abuja.
Groovy was born to the Royal family of Chief & Mrs. Jeremiah Sego Nomiye at Molutehin in Ugbo ward VI in IIaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on the 6th of February, 1963.
He graduated from UNIBEN with a Bachelor's Degree (BA) in Public Administration.