BREAKING: Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Is Dead

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is dead.

Glamtush reports that Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is dead.

According to Channels Television,  the governor, aged 67, died on Wednesday morning in Lagos after a prolonged health battle.

A top government source confirmed the unfortunate development to Channels Television.

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 his 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.

Eventually, the governor transmitted power to Aiyedatiwa early December when he embarked on another medical leave, the second in 2023.