Nigeria, June 18 -- A spokesperson for Abiola Ajimobi has told PREMIUM TIMES the former Oyo State governor remained alive as of 9:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Bolaji Tunji said Nigerians should discard raging social media rumour that Mr Ajimobi had succumbed to coronavirus at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos.

PREMIUM TIMES has not been able to independently confirm Mr Ajimobi's status beyond the account of his spokesperson.

Mr Ajimobi's commissioner for information when he was governor, Toye Arulogun, also told this newspaper he had no information on his principal's status.

The rumour, which earned rapid circulation on social media, said Mr Ajimobi had spent weeks in critical condition at a Lagos hospital after contacting the coronavirus.

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