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Presidency mourns late Sunday Times Editor Ogunsanwo
By Emmanuel Awosika
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined others in mourning the death of Gbolabo Ogunsanwo, former Editor of the defunct Sunday Times newspaper.
According to reports, Ogunsanwo died in Lagos on Friday while on his way to a hospital for treatment.
In a statement released through Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari hailed the late Ogunsanwo’s achievements, especially his role in the growth of the Sunday Times newspaper.
Noting that the deceased became a clergyman later in life, Buhari advised coming along to follow Ogunsanwo’s example in blending the spiritual and secular.
The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari joins family, friends, and the media industry to mourn celebrated journalist and former editor of Sunday Times, Mr Gbolabo Ogunsanwo.
“The President recalls the height to which the deceased took Sunday Times in the 1970s, printing an unprecedented one million copies per week, and says he left his footprints on the sands of time.
“The late Ogunsanwo, President Buhari adds, would also be remembered for his weekly column, which was full of wisdom, wit, humour, and pointed the way to a better nation.
“The departed journalist spent the latter part of his life as a clergyman, a fact that the President sees as a perfect blend of the secular and the spiritual, and which he commends to those coming behind.
“He prays that the soul of Ogunsanwo would rest in peace.”
