Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) is dead.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that Akeredolu died on Wednesday morning following months of battling a protracted ailment.
His demise was confirmed by a top government official to Channels Television.
Akeredolu was a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and ex-Attorney General of Ondo State.
He was serving his second term as governor of the state prior to his death.
He died aged 67.