The death has been announced of the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ogun State Council, Comr Soji Amosu in the early hours of Sunday
According to statement signed by the Secretary of the union, Mr Ayokunle Ewuoso, Amosu, an Assistant Director with National Orientation Agency was said to have succumbed to cold hand of death after brief illness.
The statement reads: "it is with heavy hearts, but total submission to the will of God that we announce the transition unto glory of the chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council, Comrade Olusoji Samson Amosu which occurred today Sunday the 14th of November, 2021 after a brief illness.
His death is shocking and devastating. It is a collective grief to the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) in general and Ogun State Council in particular.
We pray that God, in His infinite mercies, grants all members of the union and his immediate family members the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
Burial arrangements will be announced later.
Meanwhile, consequent upon this sad development, the Union is declaring a 7-day mourning, while condolence register will be opened on Monday at the Council's Secretariat, Iwe-Iroyin, Oke-ilewo, Abeokuta".
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