BY TheCable
The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday observed a minute silence in honour of Chukwuma Onuekwusi, state house correspondent of Channels TV, who died on Tuesday.
Before the commencement of the council’s meeting, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo told those in attendance to honour the deceased.
Osinbajo described Onuekwusi as a “very good, very articulate and very patriotic and committed journalist.”
He also prayed that God will comfort his family and all those he left behind.
“Yesterday we got a very sad news of the passing on of one of the members of state house family, he is Chukwuma Onuekwusi, of the Channels TV, who passed on after a brief illnesses yesterday,” he said.
“I want us in recognition of the fact that we remember a very good, a very articulate and also a very patriotic and committed journalist, I want us in honour of this fine gentleman rise and observe a minute silence.
“We pray for the comfort of his family and all of those he left behind. Amen.”
Tributes have been pouring in for the deceased who died at Zenith Medical and Kidney Center in the Garki area of Abuja, in the early hours of Tuesday.
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