Akeredolu was reported to have died about 2.am Wednesday, a senior government official in Ondo State told PREMIUM TIMES.
He died of leukemia and prostate cancer, two ailments that had made him incapacitated for several months.
Akeredolu absence in the state when he returned from Germany and stayed back in Ibadan, Oyo State almost grounded the state.
It took the intervention of President Bola Tinubu to halt the political drift in the state. With his loyalists at loggerheads with the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu CON SAN born 21 July 1956 was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was the governor of Ondo State in office since 24 February 2017. Akeredolu died on 27th December 2023 with cause of death being leukaemia.
He adopted prefix is “Arakunrin”, while his nickname is “Aketi”. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who became president of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2008. Akeredolu was also a Managing Partner at the law firm of Olujinmi & Akeredolu, which he co-founded with Chief Akin Olujinmi, a former Attorney General and Minister for Justice of Nigeria. On 21 July 2020, he was declared as the Ondo governorship candidate after the primary elections under the platform of the APC. He is the current governor of Ondo State and doubles as the chairman of Southwest Governors.
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