Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Channels Television’s State House Correspondent, Mr. Chukwuma Onuekwusi, who died today, Tuesday in Abuja was a man who combined high professionalism with dedication and patriotism in his diligent reportage of activities in the Presidential Villa.
Professor Osinbajo, who said in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Laolu Akande, that he received the news of the death of Chukwuma with great sadness.
The Acting President, who condolence with the family of the deceased, as well as the Channels TV family, also commiserated with the State House Press Corps over the passage of their professional colleague.
He prayed to God to comfort his family and all who mourn this exceptional gentleman.
Also today, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, expressed sadness over the death of Chukwuma Onuekwusi.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, described the late Chukwuma Onuekwusi as a hardworking, passionate and conscientious reporter who left nobody in doubt about his professional competence.
He commiserated with the immediate family of the deceased, the management and staff of Channels Television and the State House Correspondents over the loss of the broadcast journalist.
“The news of the demise of Chukwuma Onuekwusi came to me with great shock. He was a thoroughbred broadcast journalist whose reports always leave you wanting more,” Saraki said.
“I believe his death has left a vacuum in the broadcast industry that cannot easily be filled. We can only thank God for his eventful life, contributions to national development and service to humanity. He shall be sorely missed.”
While praying that God should grant the soul of the departed eternal rest, he called on other reporters in broadcast media covering sensitive beats to borrow a leaf from Onuekwusi’s humility, dynamism and dedication to his job. [myad]
