Three days after his boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19, the Ondo state commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro has died of COVID-19.
Dr Adegbenro reportedly died at the state infectious disease hospital in Akure.
A native of Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore, Adegbenro could not survive the virus despite efforts by health officials to save his life.
Though, no official confirmation has yet been made, his Akure residence and premises of his private clinic are filled with relations and mourners all weeping profusely.
He reported last in office two weeks ago, and he was in the forefront of the state government’s war against the pandemic.