BREAKING: ONDO GOV, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU DIES AFTER LONG BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023

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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is dead.‍

The governor, aged 67, died on Wednesday morning in Germany after a prolonged health battle.

A top government source confirmed the unfortunate development to newsmen.

Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), was a second-term governor before his death.

The governor had to be flown abroad for treatment for a medical condition in June. He had returned to Nigeria in September after months overseas but stayed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

As his health worsened, Akeredolu was under intense pressure from opposition parties and activists to resign or hand over power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in line with the 1999 constitution.

Also, the governor’s loyalists in the state House of Assembly were at loggerheads with Aiyedatiwa attracting President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.

The governor embarked on medical leave early December, the second in 2023, eventually handing over power to his deputy, Aiyedatiwa, who is now the acting governor.

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