Member Of Sagay Anti-graft Panel, Odekunle, Dies From COVID-19

Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has passed away.

PCAC is headed by Itse Sagay, a professor of law.

Ekohotblog gathered that Odekunle, also a professor, died at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja, on Tuesday evening.

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, had disclosed the demise of a top loyalist of the government at the press briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Tuesday.

He said: “A good friend of this government just passed on at 6:30pm”.

It is immediately not clear if Mustapha was referring to Odekunle or another person but he said discussions were ongoing to help the deceased hours before news of his death broke.

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