Breaking: Ondo State Health Commissioner Dies Of Covid-19 At Age 65.

Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, has died.

Media sources revealed that Mr Adegbenro died on Thursday after he was rushed to a hospital in Owo after contracting Coronavirus.

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

The death of the commissioner was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, in a telephone interview on Thursday.

“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, Mr Segun stated.

Wahab before his death was the Chairman, Ondo State Council of All Progressive Congress (APC) Muslim Members.

Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, is currently in self-isolation after testing positive for the virus earlier this week.