Remains of the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, have arrived in Nigeria from Germany, where he passed on nine days ago.
He passed on on Wednesday December 27, 2003 in a German hospital where he was receiving treatment for prostate cancer.
It was gathered that the aircraft that conveyed his body arrived in Nigeria about 3:39 p.m. on Friday, January 5, 2024.
According to reports, the body was received by his wife, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, children, and siblings led by Prof. Wole Akeredolu, the departed governor’s immediate younger brother.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde; Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbi Talabi; and the representative of Osun State Governor, Senator Demola Adeleke, also joined in receiving the body.
The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Ade Adetimehin; a member of the House of Representatives, Gboyega Adefarati; and some Ondo State Government officials were also present at the airport to receive the body.
Family members, friends, and associates could not control their emotions as the body of Akeredolu was being lowered from the plane.
The body, it was learned, has been deposited at the morgue until the burial.
His family had said the details of his burial arrangements would be announced at a later date.
