Jumoke Razak wife of the late chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lanre Razak has disputed reports that her husband died from coronavirus complications.
Mrs Razak told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Epe that her husband’s death was natural, adding that he had been sick for some time.
“Although my husband was sick, he was responding to treatment and looking healthy to recover, but suddenly death caught up with him.
“I received a call from the hospital where my husband was treated that he gave up on August 15. From God, we come and to him, we shall all return. God knows best,’’ she said.
The widow, however, said her husband was never in an isolation centre but was admitted at Reddington hospital in Lagos.
“He was receiving treatment as a normal sick patient and not as COVID-19 patient,” she said.
“The public should desist from spreading the rumour of whether my husband died of COVID-19 or not.
“I am saying emphatically that my husband Lanre Razak did not die of COVID-19.
“Anybody can be sick and be treated fine while some will be sick and pass to eternity. Therefore, it is God’s time that he took my husband.
“May Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljanat Firdaus.”
The widow’s claim conflicts that of the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who said Razak died from complications arising from coronavirus on August 15.
The governor who visited the bereaved family with his deputy Obafemi Hamzat on Sunday had also admitted Razak had underlying ailment.
