COVID-19: Onigbongbo LCDA Chairman, Babatunde Oke Is Dead!
Tragedy struck in the early hours Wednesday, when the Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Oke, reportedly died as a result of COVID-19 complications.
Joy Kalu 
The Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Oke, is reportedly dead.
Oke, who is serving his second term in the council died early Wednesday, 12 August 2020 from complications arising from COVID-19.
Sources said that Oke, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been sick for some time but recovered, only for the sickness to relapsed late last week due to the stress he went through during the last Sallah break where he was reported to have exposed himself again.
He was rushed to an unnamed hospital on Friday where he eventually died this morning.
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He did a lot of awareness on COVID-19 in the council during his lifetime, according to residents in the council.
The latest death will make it the third casualties of council bosses who died of COVID-19 complications in the state.
A senior official of the council who preferred anonymity confirmed the death, saying, “We lost our chairman to the cold hand of death this morning (Wednesday) due to COVID-19 complications. It’s so sad.”
Reacting to the demise, Chairman of Conference 57, a group of 57 council chairmen in Lagos, Mrs Omolola Essien, expressed shock, describing it as “sad and unfortunate.”
