Son of famous journalist and Vice Chairman of Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Miracle Igwe, on Saturday said his father has died at a time he needed him to celebrate his call to bar.
Miracle Igwe went on his Facebook page to say, “I cannot stop crying. Darkness has befallen on me. Daddy, you died when I just needed you to celebrate my call to Nigerian bar as a barrister after all the money you pumped into my life.
“Daddy! Daddy!! I can’t believe it that your journey is so brief. I am sincerely frozen at this tragedy that has befallen us. But only God knows how to twist his hands to wipe dry our tears. I love you so much.”
The veteran journalist died on Saturday morning after he was knocked down by a vehicle while he was on jogging around his residence in the Okota area of Lagos...
According to Punch, Igwe was said to have sustained a fatal injury from the accident and died immediately after undergoing a surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
The late journalist, aged 58, had also served as the Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Editor-in- Chief of the Sun Newspapers. He was, until his death, the Assistant General Overseer of the Evangel Pentecostal Church, Lagos.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan, media practitioners and prominent Nigerians have described the news of his death as shocking.
Pres Jonathan said Igwe would always be remembered as “a hardworking and dependable professional, who, through his writings as columnist, author and public speaker, demonstrated a special ability to convey the truth and his convictions in lucid, compelling prose, and in a style that was shorn of cant and foppery.”
A former governor of Abia State and Chairman of Sun Publishing Limited, Dr. Orji Kalu, expressed shock on receiving the news. He described Saturday as the darkest day in the history of the organisation.
A former Ogun State Governor and ex-Managing Director of the Daily Times, Olusegun Osoba, said, “His death has taught me another lesson of life; a terrible lesson of life. We were together in Katsina for the editors’ conference up till last weekend. He even collected a copy of Ovie Kokori’s autobiography from me and he promised to use it in his column; he promised to see me this week. I never knew it was a parting gift.”
According to Punch, Igwe was said to have sustained a fatal injury from the accident and died immediately after undergoing a surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
The late journalist, aged 58, had also served as the Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Editor-in- Chief of the Sun Newspapers. He was, until his death, the Assistant General Overseer of the Evangel Pentecostal Church, Lagos.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan, media practitioners and prominent Nigerians have described the news of his death as shocking.
Pres Jonathan said Igwe would always be remembered as “a hardworking and dependable professional, who, through his writings as columnist, author and public speaker, demonstrated a special ability to convey the truth and his convictions in lucid, compelling prose, and in a style that was shorn of cant and foppery.”
A former governor of Abia State and Chairman of Sun Publishing Limited, Dr. Orji Kalu, expressed shock on receiving the news. He described Saturday as the darkest day in the history of the organisation.
A former Ogun State Governor and ex-Managing Director of the Daily Times, Olusegun Osoba, said, “His death has taught me another lesson of life; a terrible lesson of life. We were together in Katsina for the editors’ conference up till last weekend. He even collected a copy of Ovie Kokori’s autobiography from me and he promised to use it in his column; he promised to see me this week. I never knew it was a parting gift.”
May the soul of Dimgba Igwe rest in peace, Amen!
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