{"id":135089,"date":"2023-12-27T14:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/27\/the-ondo-state-governor-rotimi-akeredolu-has-reportedly-died-from-the-complications-of-blood-cancer\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:44:44","slug":"the-ondo-state-governor-rotimi-akeredolu-has-reportedly-died-from-the-complications-of-blood-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/27\/the-ondo-state-governor-rotimi-akeredolu-has-reportedly-died-from-the-complications-of-blood-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has reportedly died from the complications of blood cancer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has reportedly died from the complications of blood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>According to a family source who spoke to SaharaReporters on Wednesday, Governor Akeredolu died in Lagos at the age of 67.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that Akeredolu was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The source said: \u201cAkeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Akeredolu To Embark On Medical Leave, Hands Over To Deputy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were looking for dialysis machines to be sent to his secret location in Lagos last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the ailing governor returned to Nigeria in September following a three-month medical leave in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, he went on another medical leave after being directed by President Bola Tinubu to hand over power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.<\/p>\n<p>Aiyedatiwa has been standing in as the acting Governor and peace has since returned to the South West state following President Tinubu\u2019s intervention in the political impasse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-442933070\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has reportedly died from the complications of blood cancer. 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