Agagu slumps, dies at 65

A former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu, is dead. He was aged 65.
Agagu, who returned from the US on Thursday, reportedly slumped in
Ikoyi, where he was having a meeting with Ondo indigenes, on Friday
evening.
Agagu's former Chief Press Secretary, Yemi Olowolabi, said the former
governor was not sick and had just returned from a 20-day trip abroad.
Olowolabi, who worked with him for more than four years, described his
former boss as "a great man, a first-class intellectual and an astute
administrator."
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, described the death of his
predecessor as shocking, adding that Ondo has lost a colossus, whose
vacuum would be difficult to fill.
Mimiko said, "He would be remembered as a consummate politician and
lecturer, who imparted knowledge to many people across the world."
Former Governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba, told Saturday PUNCH on
telephone that Agagu was very respectful.
He said, "I got to know him when he was deputy to former governor of
old Ondo State, Bamidele Olomilua. He carried himself with dignity. He
was loyal to Olomilua during the days of the Social Democratic Party.
Agagu should rest in peace."
In his reaction, former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala,
described Agagu's death as shocking.
He said, "It is sad. He came back from abroad yesterday with his wife.
They were having a meeting with Ondo State people. Alex Akinyele was
there. He slumped. It is shocking, devastating. We will all miss him.
I can't believe he will just die."
Agagu's schoolmate at the University of Ibadan, Senator Olu Alabi, who
is a former Governing Board Chairman, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, said, "We were together in UI. We co-funded United Nigerian
Congress Party and the Peoples Democratic Party. I don't know what to
tell his wife, Funke."
Member, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said: "This is
tragic news. I'm shattered. He never held grudges."
Director of Publicity, Ondo PDP, Mr Ayodele Fadaka, who broke down in
tears over the phone, described the death of the late geologist as
great loss to Ondo and Nigeria.
It was gathered that he ate lunch at home in Ikoyi before heading for
a meeting on Lagos mainland, where he slumped.
Subsequently, he was rushed to a private hospital in Yaba but he was
transferred to Military Hospital, Ikoyi, where he was pronounced dead.
His corpse was still at the military hospital as at the time of filing
this report.