Mr Iluyemi Maxwell, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, is dead.
Family source told Thefrontrank on Monday that Maxwell slumped and died on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
“He(Maxwell) slumped and died on Saturday,” a family source said.
He was among the SSAs recently appointed by Governor Aiyedatiwa.
On Friday, November 6, 2026, Maxwell alongside other newly appointed aides, attended a meeting with the governor at the Cocoa Conference Hall, Alagbaka, Akure.
Maxwell’s sudden death has triggered emotional reactions among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okitipupa Local Government, friends and family.
In his reaction, the Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Ololade Gbegudu, described Maxwell as a distinguished son of Okitipupa Local Government.
Gbegudu said Maxwell’s death was a painful loss to the entire Okitipupa community.
“May God grant the family the strength and comfort to bear this irreparable loss and may He grant the departed eternal rest,” he said.