14th January, 2014
Jamiu Yisa
Former Commissioner for Information in the western Nigerian state of Ondo, Ranti Akerele is dead.
P.M NEWS reliably gathered that the erstwhile Commissioner died early on Tuesday morning at his residence in Akure, Ondo State, southwest Nigeria.
There was no report of the former Commissioner being ill before his sudden demise.
Sources disclosed that Akerele even drove his wife to the First Mercy Hospital in Akure on Monday evening where the wife was placed on admission. 
It was gathered after returning from the hospital, he had a prayer meeting with some of his church members.
He was said to have woken up hale and hearty on Tuesday morning, shaved and had his bath before his sudden death.
Unconfirmed report linked the death to heart attack.
The late Akerele’s remains have been deposited at the morgue of First Mercy Hospital, ironically where his wife is still on admission.
The deceased former Commissioner was reported to be 54 years old and survived by his wife and two sons.