Breaking: Olumilua, ex Ondo state gov, dies at 80

Elder statesman and former governor of old Ondo State (comprising Ondo and Ekiti States), Bamidele Olumilua, is dead.

Olumilua, a diplomat, who was born in 1940, died in the early hours of Thursday in his Ikere Ekiti hometown, Ekiti State.

The Daybreak reports that the former governor died after a brief illness.