Ekiti State chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Paul Omotoso, is dead.

Family source revealed that the Imesi-Ekiti born politician and lawyer died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness.

Omotosho, who was said to be active and participated in series of political meetings early in the week, was said to have complained about his health on Tuesday which made him to be rushed to a government hospital in the state capital where he later died.

It will be recalled that the late APC chairman was kidnapped in July 2023 by gunmen and was released after five days in the den of the gunmen.