Mr Ayo Arise, a former Senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, has announced the demise of his mother, Mrs Felicia Aduke Arise.
A release signed by Senator Arise on behalf of the family in Oye Ekiti on Thursday, said madam Arise died on Wednesday, July 10 after a brief illness.
Mrs Arise died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti (FETHI), where she was hospitalised for an undisclosed ailment.
The deceased born in 1933, was aged 86.