Breaking : Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu dies at 67

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), is dead.

The governor was aged 67.

He died at a Lagos hospital on Wednesday.

“Aketi is gone. He died in Lagos on Wednesday morning after a prolonged illness,” a source said.

The governor has been battling with his health for months.

Sources said that Akeredolu died as a result of two ailments: leukaemia and prostate cancer

Akeredolu returned to Nigeria in September after a three-month medical leave in Germany.

The governor’s deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, recently became acting governor after the intervention by President Bola Tinubu.

Aiyedatiwa survived impeachment before the political intervention.

Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Akeredolu became Ondo governor in 2016 after a failed attempt in 2012. He lost to Dr Seun Mimiko, the incumbent governor.