Ex-Oyo Gov. Ajimobi in critical condition, remains COVID-19 positive after two weeks, wife discharged
It has been confirmed that the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, is in very critical condition at the First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital, Lagos, thirteen days after was admitted at the hospital, after testing positive for COVID-19.
Sources disclosed he fell into coma yesterday, and he is now at the intensive care unit of the hospital.
Ajimobi’s wife, Florence, was, however, discharged from hospital earlier.
Ajimobi, who is the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had been hospitalised since June 2, 2020.
He was said to have been confirmed positive earlier and was managing the situation at home before the illness worsened and he had to go to a hospital.
A source close to the family said the former governor had an underlying ailment which was not unusual for men his age.
He said, “The former governor has been in the hospital for two weeks. We are hoping for the best. The irony is that the person whom we believe he contracted the disease from has been discharged.
The former governor’s health was said to have deteriorated after he suffered a cardiac arrest the first time and was placed on a ventilator at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
First Cardiologist was the hospital where the former Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, and the late Lagos Senator, Bayo Osinowo, were treated of coronavirus before they died.
In a recent report published by Global Excellence, where the medium claimed it spoke with inside sources,
The former governor’s health was said to have deteriorated after he suffered a cardiac arrest the first time and was placed on a ventilator at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The doctors attending to him were said to have recommended a particular drug for his treatment.
“But the drug could not be found in Nigeria, according to sources; hence, a private jet was reportedly deployed to purchase the drug in London.
“Still, sources added, Senator Ajimobi’s condition would not improve and he had to be put on the second ventilator with the hope that he recovers.
“Although, he is alive, he has been in a coma since he was placed in the second ICU,” the source said.

