Dimgba Igwe's Death Tragic, Shocking - Orji Kalu

(Photo: Dimgba Igwe)

Chairman/ Publisher, The Sun Newspapers, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has
described the death of Dimgba Igwe as tragic, shocking and a dark time
in the annals of journalism in Nigeria.

In a statement by Managing Director /Editor-in-Chief of the
organisation, Femi Adesina, the former Abia State governor said ,"
"Dimgba Igwe was too much of a gentleman, fine brain and mind to die
tragically like this."

The statement reads; "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.

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 prolific author and columnist, Igwe was a Fellow of the Nigerian
Guild of Editors. He was also Deputy General Overseer of Evangel
Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos. He is survived by a wife and four
children.