May 14, 2026

Ondo health commissioner dies of COVID-19

By Muhammad A. Aliyu

The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19.

Adegbenro was said to have died at the state infectious disease hospital in Akure.

The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Segun Ajiboye, confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday.

His death came a day after Governor Rotimi Akeredolu announced that he had tested positive for COVID- 19.

A native of Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore, Adegbenro was said to have died of complications from COVID-19.

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