Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu is dead. He died in Germany on Tuesday night after battling a deadly disease, Leukemia for two years.
Akeredolu died at the age of 67 years. He was about to complete his second term tenure as Ondo Governor when he died.
Born on 21 July 1956, Akeredolu was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who became president of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2008.
Akeredolu was also a Managing Partner at the law firm of Olujinmi & Akeredolu, which he co-founded with Chief Akin Olujinmi, a former Attorney General and Minister for Justice of Nigeria.
On 21 July 2020, he was declared as the Ondo governorship candidate after the primary elections under the platform of the APC.
During his time as the governor of Ondo State, he also doubled as the chairman of Southwest Governors’ Forum, a forum consisting of governors of the Southwest Nigerian states.
Akeredolu was appointed Attorney General of Ondo State from 1997 to 1999. In 1998, he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
