The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has been confirmed dead after allegedly contacting the corona virus..

The Monarch passed away on Monday

Sources close to the royal house confirm that The Monarch contacted the virus from the former General Officer Commanding 6 Division Port Harcourt, Major-General Olu Irefin, whose death, about two weeks ago, was linked to the virus.

The Olu of Warri, who received Irefin in his palace shortly before that latter’s demise, died barely 1 week after the grand finale of his fifth coronation anniversary celebration.

His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, who passed on at the age of 65, ascended the royal stool of Warri Kingdom on 12th December 12, 2015.

Before his death, the monarch was said to be ‘full of life’ and showed no signs and symptoms of the virus.

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The Royal Palace remained a beehive of  activities as well-meaning individuals continually paid royal homage to the Monarch, up until his fifth coronation anniversary, less than 1 week ago.

The Olu of Warri now joins a tragic list of top Nigerian personalities who have succumbed to the virus which began in Wuhen, China, on December of 2019 and later gained momentum all around the globe.

On April 18, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, announced that his chief of staff, Abba Kyari, had died of the corona virus the day before.

Kyari died after a long battle with COVID-19 which endured for a month.

Jonathan Adewumi, the creator of a Nigerian film festival and fashion designer, famous for dressing celebrities like Stevie Wonder, passed away on April 17 at Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey, at the age of 57.

The cause of his death was attributed to the novel coronavirus.

According to statistics from worldometers.info, which was last updated today, December 22, 2020, the country’s Covid-19 figures reads as follows.

It will be recalled that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded that the country’s first case of Covid-19 was on Monday, MARCH 23, 2020.