{"id":135456,"date":"2023-12-29T09:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/29\/makinde-declares-3-days-mourning-in-oyo-flag-to-fly-at-half-mast\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:14:50","slug":"makinde-declares-3-days-mourning-in-oyo-flag-to-fly-at-half-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/29\/makinde-declares-3-days-mourning-in-oyo-flag-to-fly-at-half-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Makinde Declares 3 Days Mourning In Oyo, Flag To Fly At Half Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared three days mourning in honour of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, who was governor of Ondo State and Chairman of the South-West Governors\u2019 Forum.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that Makinde\u2019s directive was contained in a statement released on Thursday in Ibadan by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju.<\/p>\n<p>The Oyo governor, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum, said that all flags at public offices in Oyo state would be flown at half-mast for three days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu Reportedly Dead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement partly read, \u201cOyo State governor and vice chairman of the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum, \u2018Seyi Makinde, has declared three days of state mourning for the deceased Chairman of the South-West Governors\u2019 Forum and Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Akeredolu, reportedly died from the complications of blood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>However, a family source who spoke to SaharaReporters on Wednesday, disclosed that governor Akeredolu died in Lagos at the age of 67.<\/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-2029901844\"><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>Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared three days mourning in honour of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, who was governor of Ondo State and Chairman of the South-West Governors\u2019 Forum. 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