"HOW MY FATHER DIED"-OLUSEGUN AGAGU'S SON

Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun
Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday said
his father was hypertensive.
NAN reports that Agagu, who returned from United States
on Thursday, reportedly slumped in Ikoyi, Lagos, where
he was having a meeting with Ondo indigenes on Friday
evening.
“He just had a medical examination, which showed that
he had a little cholesterol, and was hypertensive.
“There is diabetics in our family, but it’s nothing major; it
was just something he had been dealing with for the past
10 to 15 years. So, there was no inkling that something
was about to happen,” Agagu said.

According to him, his mum has lost her best friend and
her husband. He confirmed that his father passed away in
Lagos on his way to St Nicholas Hospital. He added that
his father had the usual illness that comes with age, “so
there was no stand out cause for his passing”.
“He lived a simple but a fulfilled and happy life. He left
amazing memories and fantastic legacies behind.
“I will miss the friendship, I will miss the advice; he was
pretty much anything any wife, son or daughter could ask
for in a father.”He was a mentor to many, a brother, a
benefactor; I’m sure a lot of people will miss him,” he
said.

Agagu said the family had just returned for their annual
two and a half weeks family vacation and during that time
his father showed no sign of illness.
“I guess when it’s time to go, when your maker comes to
get you, when he brought you, he did not ask anybody,
so he can take you when he sees fit,” he said.
He said that arrangements for the burial were yet to be
made. In his response to the development, Chief
Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former Governor of Osun State,
said he was “grieved”.
“We met in politics and he remained a very nice senior
colleague and when he came back two days ago, we
talked about a meeting tonight,” Oyinlola said on
Saturday.
He said that he would miss everything about his late
colleague, who was the perfect gentleman, who always
cared for the welfare of others.
“I asked him if he would be coming to Ibadan and he
answered no, he then invited me to meet on Saturday in
Lagos, unfortunately that was not to be,” he said.
Oba Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, described the late
Agagu as an unassuming, brilliant and hardworking
governor, who served the nation meritoriously.