Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) mourns Dimgba Igwe

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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) the apex body of Nigerian senior journalists, has joined the family of the late Dimgba Igwe and other sympathetic Nigerians to mourn the passage
of the frontline journalist, who died in Lagos on Saturday, September 6.
 Mr. Igwe, 58, a renowned journalist, author,
Fellow of the Guild and Associate Publisher of Entertainment Express and Sunday Express Newspapers, reportedly died of wounds he suffered when
knocked down by a careless and cowardly hit-and-run driver.
 A peaceable gentleman, Mr. Igwe was said to be jogging
near his Okota home at about 10 A.M to keep fit, when the fatal
incident occurred. He later gave up the ghost at the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) where he was rushed to for medical
attention.

 A press statement signed by the General Secretary of the guild, Mr. Isaac Ighure stated that between
August 27 and August 31, Mr. Igwe was in Katsina, where he actively
participated in all activities at the 10th All Nigerian Editors
Conference (ANEC).

“His death, therefore, has dealt a great blow to the
journalism profession to which he and his inseparable colleague, Mr.
Mike Awoyinfa, had made invaluable contributions.”

Igwe was deputy to Awoyinfa when the Weekend Concord hit the newsstand in 1989. The
partnership was replicated when the Sun Newspapers came on board in
2003 alongside the various books that they co-authored.
 The Guild also urged security agencies, especially the Nigerian Police Force, to fish
out the cowardly driver who committed the dastardly act and inflicted
this pain on the Igwes, the Nigeria media and the entire nation.