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PDP National Youth Leader, Muyiwa Collins, Is Dead

January 11, 2011

Muyiwa Solanke Collins the fiery national youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has died of heart failure. Party sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Collins who has been down with pre-existing heart and kidney condition died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Lagos. 

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Muyiwa Solanke Collins the fiery national youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has died of heart failure. Party sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Collins who has been down with pre-existing heart and kidney condition died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Lagos. 

A source says he was last seen in public in November 2010.

Mr. Collins was an acolyte of jailed PDP leader, Chief Bode George and one of the supporters of Abubakar Atiku.

Mr. Collins is survived by one wife and four children, including a one-month old.  His remains have been moved to a morgue in Agege, Lagos.

The PDP website listed his date of birth as December 25, 1961.  The following is his full profile as obtained from the party site:
 
Otunba Muyiwa Solanke Collins, the National Youth Leader was born in Lagos State on December 25th 1961.

A proud holder of two Advanced Diploma in Journalism and Animation respectively, Otunba Muyiwa Collins attended Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria institute of Journalism, Lagos and International School of Animation. He is a member of the Nigeria union of Journalism, NUJ, International Press institute and Cartoonist Association of Nigeria.

Between 1982 and 1998, Otunba Collins held the following positions, Senior Editorial Cartoon in Punch Newspapers, Cartoon Editor/member, Editorial Conference, Tribune Newspapers, Cartoon/OP/ED/ Editor Republic Newspapers; Cartoon Editor/Member Editorial Conference, Champion Newspapers.

On the political science, he led difference positions in the following parties, Assistant Organizing Secretary UPN, Member Publicity Committee NRC, Lagos State. Publicity Secretary South West zone PDP.

He was also Assistant Director Publicity at the National Secretariat of the Party between 2000 and 2007. Otunba Muyiwa Collins had also served as a shadow commissioner for information and strategy, Lagos State 2004, 2005. He is today the National Youth Leader of the Party.

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