Npan Condoles With Kalu Over Igwe's Death

The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has condoles with the publisher of The Sun Publishing Company, publishers of The Sun titles, Orji Uzor Kalu, over the death of the newspaper's Vice Chairman, Dimgba Igwe.

 

In a release signed by the association's secretary, Comfort Obi, it described the death of Igwe as shocking.

 

Igwe was knocked down and killed by a hit-and run driver last Saturday while jogging near his Okota home.

 

"His cheap death has exposed our incompetence as a country, and the sorry state of our health sector," she said.

 

"Where were policemen across the stretch? There were no street cameras in spite of the millions of naira allegedly spent on the project."

 

NPAN lamented that the first two hospitals injured Igwe was taken to turned him down, saying they could not handle the situation.

 

"It was after he had painfully bled for hours that he was taken to an average competent hospital by which time he had lost so much blood and was unable to survive the surgery carried out on him.

 

"He will be remembered for his informed commentary through his regular column, where he canvassed for a better Nigeria, a society built on equality and justice. As a pastor, Dimgba was also a mender of souls and a shepherd in the Lord's vineyard.

 

"While we empathise with you and the Sun Group on this great loss, we should quickly add that this is our collective loss."

 

 

 

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Npan Condoles With Kalu Over Igwe's Death