Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy with missing intestines.

The boy who was admitted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, deid on Tuesday afternoon.

Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message released by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, described the death of Akin-Bright as a painful loss.

The governor said, “I am saddened by the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, a promising 12-year-old boy who died at LASUTH after months of medical treatment to save his life. I had close contact with Adebola and his mother a few days ago at LASUTH and I was committed to doing everything humanly and medically possible to save him.

“The medical team at LASUTH did everything possible to save the boy. They gave him the best medical care based on our collective commitment to save Adebola but we lost him on Tuesday night.

I am sad that we lost Adebola despite the huge efforts by his mother, Deborah Abiodun, the medical team at LASUTH and the Lagos State Government to save him. Adebola’s death is a painful and personal loss to me because of my commitment in conjunction with the medical team to save the boy.”

Sanwo-Olu prayed that God would give the mother and the entire family the grace to bear the irreplaceable loss of Adebola.