Ex-Oyo Gov, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, Dies at 70

The former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi died at late hour on 25 June, 2020 at age 70. Before the latest information filtered in, his alleged death was rumoured about one and half weeks ago but was later dispelled by his media aide, Mr Bolaji Tunji and one of his children.
Ajimobi, who was born on 16 December, 1949, was on life support machine since last Friday at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos. Ajimobi who COVID-19 had related ailment was rushed thereafter he reportedly fell into coma. As it happened some days ago, nobody was willing to confirm his death. One of his security men who served him for eight years said the death of the APC chieftain is real this time.

That was Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, former governor of Oyo state, unveiling the irony of life a few months ago. He was a guest of Splash FM/Lagelu FM in Ibadan, the state capital, wearing a face mask and discussing with hosts on the Muslim perspective to life as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 25 June, 2020, he breathed his last at a Lagos hospital after succumbing to the complications of COVID-19. Although sources had it that he had tested negative to the virus before his death, the former deputy chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had suffered complications to his internal organs and had been into a coma for weeks. It was just a matter of time.

He still died at 70, as he used to wish. He would have loved to recover from the disease and continue with his life, as he also wished, but it is all over. The irony.

His associates described how he fought a gallant battle to stay alive but succumbed eventually because had been on life support machine since a week ago at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos.