Senatorial candidate dies of stiff neck in Ogun

The candidate of the Labour Party in Ogun West Senatorial district, Ogun State, Prof. Solomon Olamilekan, is dead.
He reportedly died of stiff neck.
Olamilekan, a pharmacist, died in a private hospital three days after he was hospitalised.
The deceased had complained of stiff neck on Sunday to his political associates, but, was later rushed to a private hospital in Adigbe, Abeokuta, where he passed on.
State Secretary of Labour Party, Sunday Oginni, described it as shocking.
Oginni explained that the deceased took an excuse from the senatorial meeting held on Monday because of the sickness.
According to him, “Olamilekan had been complaining of stiff neck and when we did not see him at the senatorial meeting, we asked of his whereabouts and we were told he was in hospital.
“But, this morning, we were called that the man is dead. It is a great calamity to the party because he was one of the very strong candidates we have in the party.
” He had assisted the Labour Party to gain more popularity and acceptance, especially in the rural areas and many of the residents in rural areas have promised to vote for him,” he said.
Chairman of the Senatorial district, Jimoh Edun, accused opposition parties of killing Olamilekan spiritually, claiming that the popularity of the deceased prompted the opposition to kill him.
“It was a spiritual attack. The opposition knew our candidate would defeat them, that was why they killed him”, he said.
He, however, dispelled the rumour that he might have been killed by some members of the party eyeing the ticket.
He said no one was eyeing the ticket after the party had given it to the deceased.