The national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Monday declared that the ailing Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, was incapacitated and hospitalised overseas.
Adamu stated this at a meeting between the national leadership of the party and APC state chairmen.
WesternLifeNewsNG reported that the ailing governor had written to the state House of Assembly to extend his medical leave and the acting period by the deputy governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Akeredolu had embarked on a 21-day medical leave on June 7 and was originally expected to return home on July 6, 2023 (today) to start performing his constitutional duties.
“In the same vein, we regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the governor of Ondo State, who we understand has been hospitalised overseas,” Adamu said.
“We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery,” he added.
Akeredolu was reportedly treating leukemia, cancer of the blood, caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in the body. It is a cancer of blood-forming tissues that hinders the body’s ability to fight infections.
