An award-winning journalist in Ondo State and correspondent with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Sola Ilesanmi, has died. dead.
Ilesanmi, who started his career in the profession with the Ondo State Government-owned Orange FM and OSRC, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) Ondo City, after a brief illness.
Although, details of the medical condition that led to his untimely death was yet to be released as at press time, he was said to have spent about four weeks in the hospital.
In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Adetona Aderoboye and Leke Adegbite, the Ondo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) described the passage of Sola Ilesanmi as sad and shocking.
Read the statement below:
MEDIA RELEASE
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?”
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, has received the untimely death of Sola Taiwo Ilesanmi, one of the Brightest journalists in the state, with a rude shock and sadness.
In a Press Statement signed by the Chairman, Adetona Aderoboye and the State Secretary, Leke Adegbite, Ondo NUJ describes Sola 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 Statement notes that Sola 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.
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.
The Union prays Lord to grant his gentle soul in perfect rest and may God stop untimely deaths among media professionals in the state.
Until his death, Sola Ilesanmi works with BBC after his award-winning career at Orange FM and OSRC.
