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| Dimgba Igwe in his study |
Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of The Sun
Publishing Limited is dead. 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.
According to a statement signed by
the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Femi Adesina,
the 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, the Associate Publisher of Entertainment Express and
Sunday Express Newspapers, was appointed Vice Chairman of The Sun, 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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