Buhari mourns as another prominent Nigerian dies

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Gbolabo Ogunsanwo

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of former Editor of Sunday Times, Mr Gbolabo Ogunsanwo.

The president’s condolence message was conveyed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

Gbolabo Ogunsanwo died on Friday, November 27.

He was reputed for coining the catchy expression: ‘Tarka me, I will Daboh you’.

Buhari said he joined the family, friends and the media industry to mourn the celebrated journalist.

“The President recalls the height to which the deceased took Sunday Times in the 1970s, printing an unprecedented one million copies per week, and says he left his footprints on the sands of time.

“The late Ogunsanwo, President Buhari adds, would also be remembered for his weekly column, which was full of wisdom, wit, humour, and pointed the way to a better nation.

“The departed journalist spent the latter part of his life as a clergyman, a fact that the President sees as a perfect blend of the secular and the spiritual, and which he commends to those coming behind.

“He prays that the soul of Ogunsanwo would rest in peace,” the statement further read.

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