A cleric identified as
Pastor Aimola John, has reportedly slumped and died shortly after joining
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress in
Benin City.
Aimola, a former chairmanship candidate for Owan East
Local Governemnt Area of Edo State,was said to have been pronounced dead at the
hospital he was rushed to.
He was said to have
defected from the APC in 2015 alongside Pastor Ize-Iyamu to the PDP and was
among former PDP members that returned
to the APC at the residence of Ize-Iyamu where he slumped.
Already, tributes have
been pouring in for the late Aimola on the social media, where he was hailed as
a true loyal party man.
Confirming his death,
a former Secretary of Owan East, Godwin Imoudu, said late Aimola was in Benin
to defect to the APC.
