The Government of Ondo State this Saturday evening, June 3, 2023, broke its silence on the purported death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
Rumour of the death of the governor, who has been routinely sick, has been making the rounds across the state since yesterday and finally found itself into the social media this evening.
However, while confirming Akeredolu’s ill health, the State Government insists that he remains very much alive and in control but acting through delegates.
It said in a statement entitled “Ignore The Rumor On The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu SAN, CON”, signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju:
“We have been inundated with calls and messages concerning the state of health of the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON. We had chosen to ignore this wicked fabrication until it appeared that certain persons seek to draw political mileage from the disinformation.
“Though the Governor has been indisposed for hh, he has been attending to state matters and delegating functions to functionaries of the Government, when necessary. We enjoin the members of the public to ignore the rumour. Aketi is very much alive.”