My Husband Didn’t Die Of COVID-19, Wife Narrates How Lanre Rasak Died

Jumoke Rasak, wife of the late All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Lanre Rasak who died on Saturday has spoken out about the circumstances leading to the death of her husband.

As previously reported by Naija News, Chief Rasak, who until his death was a member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), died after a brief illness.

After his death, some reports started spreading that the politician died of COVID-19 complications.

However, Mrs Rasak has now opened up about how her husband died, explaining that he had been sick for a while before he finally passed on but his death is not COVID-19 related at all but he died of natural sickness.

“Although, my husband was sick but he was responding to treatment and looking healthy to recover, but suddenly, death caught up with him.

“I received a call from the hospital where my husband was treated that he gave up on Aug. 15. From God we come and to him we shall all return, God knows best,” Mrs Rasak told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Epe

She added that her husband was on admission at Reddington hospital in Lagos and that he was not isolated, noting that it was God that took her husband’s life.

“He was receiving treatment as normal sick patient and not as COVID-19 patient. The public should desist from spreading rumour of whether my husband died of COVID-19 or not.

“I am saying emphatically that my husband, Lanre Rasak, did not die of COVID-19. Anybody can be sick and be treated fine while some will be sick and pass to eternity.

“Therefore, it is God’s time that He took my husband. May Almighty Allah forgives his shortcomings and grant him Aljanat Firdaus.”