Late APC chieftain, Chief Lanre Razak did not die of COVID-19, his wife Jumoke Rasak has revealed.
Lanre Razak who died on August 15 was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 before he died.
Clearing the air, his wife said that her husband who was buried immediately according to Islamic rights was never in an isolation center
“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 Aug. 15.
“From God, we come and to Him, we shall all return. God, knows best,’’ she told NAN.
She revealed that her husband was at Reddington hospital in Lagos and was never in an isolation center.
“He was receiving treatment as a normal sick patient and not as COVID-19 patient.
“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 forgives his shortcomings and grants him Aljanat Firdaus,’’ she prayed.