Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, is dead.
It was gathered that the commissioner had been sick for some days before he passed away this morning.
However, a government official, who according to reports, confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon that, the said commissioner died of COVID-19.
The source revealed that Mr Adegbenro died on Monday after he was rushed to a hospital in Owo after contracting Coronavirus.
“The Commissioner died at the Federal Medical Centre in Owo and this has just thrown the entire cabinet into chaos.
“He died of COVID-19 because he had contracted the virus earlier and was taking drugs at his own comfort being a medical doctor.”
Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, is currently in self-isolation after testing positive for the virus earlier this week.
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