A former Ondo State Commissioner for Education and ex-Director-General of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC), Dr Pius Osunyikanmi, is dead at the age of 55.

Osunyikanmi, a close ally and political adviser to former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko, reportedly died at an undisclosed hospital abroad.

Further details about his death were not immediately available as of the time of filing this report.