One of the most promising journalists based in Ondo State, Mr Sola Ilesanmi, has passed on.
His passage was announced on Tuesday by the state’s council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, which regretted that it “received the untimely death of Sola Taiwo Ilesanmi, one of the Brightest journalists in the state, with a rude shock and sadness.”
The statement, which was signed by the union’s State Chairman, Mr Adetona Aderoboye and Secretary, Mr Leke Adegbite, was titled: *Sola Ilesanmi: We have lost one of our best hands – Ondo NUJ mourns _……Oh Death where is thy sting? Oh Grave where is thy victory?”
It described the deceased “as a Very Hard working, Highly Cerebral, Humble, Brilliant and Caring media man, who would be missed by virtually all sectors and prominent people in the state and beyond.”
The union noted that Sola Ilesanmi “who died during over a month of an undisclosed illness, had always been an excellent personality in whatever he did especially during his days at schools, journalism profession and even in his church.”
It said: “Ondo NUJ says there is no doubt this is another dark day and one of the saddest period in the journalism industry in the Sunshine State and therefore registers our sincere condolences with his wife, children, his aged parents and professional colleagues” and prayed to the Almighty to “stop untimely deaths among media professionals in the state.”
The union noted that until his death, Sola Ilesanmi worked with BBC after his award-winning career at Orange FM and OSRC.
