04/06/2018

Wale Aboderin, chairman of The Punch, one of Nigeria’s most read newspapers, is dead.

wale Aboderin, the Chairman of The Punch, one of Nigeria’s most popular newspapers, is dead.
The Punch said Mr. Aboderin died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 6.05 a.m. after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology Consultants in Ikoyi area of Lagos. He was 60.

According to The Punch, Mr. Aboderin was also Chairman, PUNCH Commercial Printing Limited  and  Lukahed Properties Limited.

Prominent Nigerians have been expressing shock over his sudden passing.
Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, who is also the Director, Strategic Communications, for President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, said he said he was devastated by the death of Mr. Aboderin.
“I just received with utter shock and disbelief the news of the passing away of Mr. Wale Aboderin, the Chairman of Punch Newspapers. Mr. Wale Aboderin, whom I usually call “my egbon”, was a close friend, a gentleman per excellence, kind, humble to a fault and extremely jovial. He graciously attended my party at the Civic Center, Lagos sometime last year to celebrate my conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria,” Keyamo said.
“My deep condolences go to his immediate and extended family members, his friends and entire staff and management of Punch Newspapers. Nigeria as a whole has lost a rare gem at his prime, but we are all consoled by the fact that he left behind a very big shoe and indelible footprints that would be very difficult to fill or erase,” he added.
President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, expressed grief over the demise of the Chairman of Punch Newspaper, Mr. Gbadebowale.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described Late Aboderin, as a philanthropist, sports lover and a businessman who left indelible footprints on the sands of time.
He said the deceased lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation and contributed immensely to national development through the media, youth and sports development, among others.
He commiserated with the immediate family – his wife and two daughters, the Punch Group of Newspapers, the media industry, sports enthusiasts and his loved ones, over the colossal loss.
“It is indeed painful that he left us at a time his rich experience is needed to move the country forward,” Saraki said. “My heart goes out to his wife, Titilayo, his two daughters, the Punch Newspaper Group, the media industry in Nigeria and the government and people of Oyo and Lagos States on the sad incident.”
He prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest and his loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss.

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