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BREAKING: Akeredolu’s Chief protocol, Tosin Ogunbodede dies in fatal road accident

The Chief of Protocol to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Tosin Ogunbodede has lost his life in a fatal road accident.

Ogunbodede, a close aide of the governor was said to have died in an accident that occurred on Saturday night along Ilesha highway.

The accident also claimed the life of his driver.

The duo were rushed to the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa where they were said to have been confirmed died.

Another occupant of the car whose identity is not available to the media is said to be in a critical condition.

Ogunbodede, a lawyer and former staff of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, was appointed as Chief of Protocol, COP, by Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on assumption of office in 2017.

Recall that two weeks ago, the governor had lost his Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Professor Bayonile Ademodi, who died at the OAU Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife as a result of complications from a surgical operation.

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