From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure
Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration, Prof Professor Bayonle Ademodi, is dead.
The late Commissioner was said to have died after a brief illness.
The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo confirmed the development.
Ademodi, a professor of Chemical Engineering, hailed from Ondo East Local Government Area and was a committed member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before his death.
The state chapter of the APC described his death as a colossal loss to the party and the state at large.
The party, in a condolence message by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, described Ademodi as a pragmatic leader, a bridge builder and a committed party man, who was ever ready to sacrifice so much for the cohesion and development of the party.
“The departed academic and administrator was also deeply involved in the efforts to unite the Yoruba race through Afenifere, the social cultural body, where he was a leader. He never looked back, once he believed in a course,” he added.