‘Chemotherapy knocks out Akeredolu for 10 hours after each medication’

Ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been receiving chemotherapy for the treatment of leukaemia (blood cancer), which knocks him out for 10 hours after every medication.

Recall that SaharaReporters exclusively reported in January that Akeredolu was suffering from leukaemia.

Leukaemia is a blood cancer caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in the body.

The 67-year-old politician returned to Nigeria in September after a three-month medical leave in Germany but has been holed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Akeredolu has been under intense pressure from opposition parties to resign or hand over power to his deputy in line with the 1999 constitution but he has failed to resign.

Sources in Akeredolu’s family told SaharaReporters on Monday that the governor returned from Germany in September with a poor prognosis.

“The governor is battling leukemia for which he is being treated with chemotherapy.”

“The governor who returned from Germany after a prolonged stay was told his prognosis is bad and was asked to return to Nigeria where he has continued tocontinued to receive chemotherapy,” one of the sources said.

According to another source, “Each time the governor receives a shot of his chemical therapy, he is knocked out for at least 10 hours.

“As a result, the governor is barely lucid throughout the day and night.”

Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses powerful drugs or chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in the body.

Chemotherapy could, however, come with side effects that include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, hair loss, loss of appetite, fatigue, fever and mouth sores.

Patients could also have the side effects of pain and constipation, easy bruising and bleeding.

Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), won his re-election as the state governor in October 2020 and was sworn in for a second term in office in February 2021.

. SaharaReporters