Former Ondo governor, Evangelist Bamidele Isola Olumilua is dead at 80

The former governor of old Ondo state, Evangelist Bamidele Isola Olumilua has just been reported dead at the age of 80.

The Ekiti state reporters early Thursday, June 4^th confirmed his death after a chat with a family member. According to these reports he died in the early hours of Thursay, June 4^th, 2020.

Evangelist Bamidele Isola died in his country home in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State. His body has been deposited at a morgue at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti. 

He died a few weeks after celebrating his birthday on the 13^th of April, 2020. His son who is the present Commissioner of Information and Values in Ekiti State, Olumuyiwa tweeted at the time of his birthday and his tweet reads:

  “Happy 80th birthday to our father, our leader, and one of icons of our time, my dad, His Excellency Evangelist Bamidele Isola Olumilua. Wishing him more years in good health.” 

 Evangelist Bamidele Isola Olumilua was the governor of Ondo State in the old republic before the creation of the new Ekiti state in 1996.