PRESIDENT JONATHAN MOURNS DIMGBA IGWE

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT JONATHAN MOURNS DIMGBA IGWE, SAYS HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A DEPENDABLE PROFESSIONAL WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO DEFENDING THE PUBLIC INTEREST

Dimgba Igwe.RIP

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with shock, the sad news of the untimely death of Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of the Sun Newspapers.

 On behalf of himself, his family and the Federal Government of Nigeria, President Jonathan extends heartfelt commiserations to 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.

 President Jonathan believes that the late Mr. 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 defence of truth and the public interest, as well as the promotion of the highest standards of his chosen profession of Journalism.

President Jonathan prays 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.  

Reuben Abati

Special Adviser to the President

Media & Publicity)

September 6, 2014

*OMG,RIP Mr Dimgba Igwe....OH GOD!!!

THIS WHAT HAPPENED OOOH MY GOD.

Vice-Chairman of Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe has been reported dead after being knocked down by a vehicle while jogging around his residence in Lagos. The incidence occurred in the early hours of today in the Okota area of Lagos.

The Chairman of the Sun Publishing Limited, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu described the incident as the darkest day in the history of the organization.

A statement from the management of Sun newspaper said: “Mr. Igwe sustained a fatal injury and was immediately taken to the hospital where he underwent surgical emergency.

“The Chairman of the Sun Publishing Limited Dr Orji Uzor Kalu was shocked by the incident and described the day as the darkest day in the history of the organisation.”

Aged 58, Dimgba Igwe was a co-founder of The Sun and served as Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in-Chief to his bosom friend, Mike Awoyinfa, who fondly called him his twin even though they hailed from different ethnic groups.

Upon their retirement from The Sun, Igwe and Awoyinfa founded Entertainment Express in collaboration with some other media colleagues and continued to write their weekly columns in the popular Nigerian tabloid in addition to pursuing their other passion – interviewing and writing on successful business and political leaders....culled