A h i t – a n d – ru n driver yesterday knocked down the Vice-Chairman of Sun
Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe, as he was jogging near his home in Okota, Lagos.
The driver of the car immediately sped off after knocking down the highly respected journalist, biographer and clergyman.
Although he was rushed to St. Raphael Hospital, Ago Palace Way, before he was moved to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for surgical emergency, he eventually died at 10am. SUN Newspapers confirmed the death in a statement by its Managing Director/ Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The statement, which was titled ‘The Sun Vice-Chairman, Dimgba Igwe, dies at 58’, reads: “With heavy hearts, we announce the sad passage of Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited. He was aged 58.
Mr. Igwe passed on today around 10 a.m. at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) of injuries suffered from a hit-and-run driver, as he jogged in his Okota, Lagos, neighborhood.
First aid was administered to him at St Raphael Hospital, Ago Palace Way, before he was moved to LASUTH for surgical emergency.
He did not survive. Chairman and Publisher of The Sun Newspapers, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, described the development as “tragic, shocking, and a dark day in the annals of journalism in Nigeria. ‘Dimgba Igwe was too much of a gentleman, fine brain and mind to die tragically like this,” he added.
Igwe and Mike Awoyinfa added verve to Nigerian journalism when they set up Weekend Concord in 1989.
The duo pioneered The Sun Newspapers in 2003, with Awoyinfa as Managing Director/ Editor-in-Chief, and Igwe as Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in- Chief.
Igwe was appointed Vice Chairman of the company last year. A committed Christian, Igwe was Deputy General Overseer of Evangel Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos.
A prolific author and columnist, Igwe was a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. He is survived by a wife and four children. Burial plans will be announced later.”
The driver of the car immediately sped off after knocking down the highly respected journalist, biographer and clergyman.
Although he was rushed to St. Raphael Hospital, Ago Palace Way, before he was moved to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for surgical emergency, he eventually died at 10am. SUN Newspapers confirmed the death in a statement by its Managing Director/ Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The statement, which was titled ‘The Sun Vice-Chairman, Dimgba Igwe, dies at 58’, reads: “With heavy hearts, we announce the sad passage of Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited. He was aged 58.
Mr. Igwe passed on today around 10 a.m. at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) of injuries suffered from a hit-and-run driver, as he jogged in his Okota, Lagos, neighborhood.
First aid was administered to him at St Raphael Hospital, Ago Palace Way, before he was moved to LASUTH for surgical emergency.
He did not survive. Chairman and Publisher of The Sun Newspapers, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, described the development as “tragic, shocking, and a dark day in the annals of journalism in Nigeria. ‘Dimgba Igwe was too much of a gentleman, fine brain and mind to die tragically like this,” he added.
Igwe and Mike Awoyinfa added verve to Nigerian journalism when they set up Weekend Concord in 1989.
The duo pioneered The Sun Newspapers in 2003, with Awoyinfa as Managing Director/ Editor-in-Chief, and Igwe as Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in- Chief.
Igwe was appointed Vice Chairman of the company last year. A committed Christian, Igwe was Deputy General Overseer of Evangel Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos.
A prolific author and columnist, Igwe was a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. He is survived by a wife and four children. Burial plans will be announced later.”
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