GOVERNOR MAKINDE LAMENTS LOSS OF AKINLOYE OYEBANJI, VETERAN SPORTS JOURNALIST

The Governor in the statement made available by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Saturday  indicated that the Governor was saddened by the loss of the Veteran Sports Journalist, whom he said, personified excellence in sports reporting, while in active service.

The statement reads that “I received the news of the death of veteran sports Journalist, Akinloye Oyebanji with sadness, his demise at this trying time of our sports development in our country amounts to a sad day for sports journalism’.

“His death is equally a great loss to Journalism profession, the NTA Family and all lovers of the good sport; I commiserate with the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Nigerian Guild of Editors and Sports Journalists around the globe for the loss of one of their own’.

Penpushing further reports that, Makinde noted that most people who followed the late Oyebanji’s career progression will not forget in a hurry how he used his expertise to shape sports Journalism at the Nigerian Television Authority(NTA), Ibadan, the First Television Station in Africa and at the Network Stations, lamenting that Sports Journalism has lost a gem.

“While we pray that the good Lord should condole his immediate family and give his colleagues, the sporting world and Journalism, in general, the fortitude to bear this great loss, we equally urge the widow, the children and members of the immediate family to remain strong in their determination to actualise the unfulfilled dreams of the departed, may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace”,the Governor wrote