Ondo APC governorship aspirant, Paul Akintelure, is dead

Dr Paul Akintelure, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, is dead.

Mr Akintelure died in the early hours of Tuesday in Lagos after a brief illness.

A medical doctor, Mr Akintelure hailed from Igbotako in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.

One of Mr Akintelure’s family member who simply mentioned his name as Akintunde, confirmed to NAN on Tuesday in Okitipupa that the politician died in Lagos after a brief illness.

“We learnt he died this morning in Lagos after a brief illness, ” he said.

Mr Akintelure was the running mate to the late former governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu during the 2012 governorship election on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.
NAN