Jonathan mourns Igwe, hails devotion to professionalism

President Good­luck Jonathan has joined other numerous Nigerians to mourn the death of the Vice Chairman of the Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe, describ­ing his death as shock­ing, sad and untimely.

In a statement by the Spe­cial Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the president condoled “The publishers of The Sun News­papers, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, and all friends and associates of Mr. Igwe, for whom his unexpected death must be exceedingly pain­ful”.

He expressed the belief that Igwe “will always be re­membered as a hardworking

and dependable professional, who, through his various 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.

“As they mourn him, the  President enjoins Mr. Igwe’s family, friends and associates to be consoled by the knowl­edge that he put his God-giv­en abilities to the best pos­sible use in a very purposeful life that was wholly devoted to the defense of truth and the public interest, as well as the promotion of the highest standards of his chosen pro­fession journalism”.

He prayed “that God Al­mighty will grant them the fortitude to bear the loss of the very forthright journalist and media administrator, and also grant his soul, peaceful repose”.