Favour Ozioma Ogbodo
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu is dead. He was 67 years old.
According to reports, Akeredolu died in Germany on Wednesday, after a prolonged battle with prostrate cancer and leukemia.
Akeredolu departed Nigeria in June for a hospital abroad where he spent months and returned to Nigeria in September. However, his health did not improve, and he stayed in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, instead of his Ondo State home. This prompted calls for him to transfer power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, since he was incapacitated.
On Wednesday, December 13, he proceeded on another medical leave and this time, following the intervention of President Tinubu, he formally transferred power to his deputy, Aiyedatiwa who later assumed the responsibilities of the governor in full acting capacity.
Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), won his re-election as the state governor in October 2020 and was sworn in for a second term in office in February 2021.
