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Breaking: Ondo Commissioner For Health Dies Of COVID-19

The development was confirmed to newsmen on Thursday, June 2 by a government official who revealed that the commissioner had been taking medications at his apartment before his condition became unbearable due to COVID-19 complications.

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The Ondo State government has lost its Commissioner for Health, Wahab Adegbenro, to Coronavirus disease.

The development was confirmed to newsmen on Thursday, June 2 by a government official who revealed that the commissioner had been taking medications at his apartment before his condition became unbearable due to COVID-19 complications.

It was reported that the commissioner had died on Monday after he was rushed to a hospital in Owo after contracting the dreaded virus.

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“The Commissioner died at the Federal Medical Centre in Owo and this has just thrown the entire cabinet into chaos,” said the source.

He added, “He died of COVID-19 because he had contracted the virus earlier and was taking drugs at his own comfort being a medical doctor.”

Meanwhile, Naija News had reported earlier that Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has tested positive for the COVID-19 infection.

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