Ondo NUJ Declares 7-day Mourning For Journalist Killed By Armed Robbers

Ondo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of a colleague, Olubunmi Afuye, who was killed by armed robbers on Thursday.

The Union made the announcement in a statement signed by its state chairman, Adetona Aderoboye, and Leke Adegbite-Adedoyin, the State Secretary in Akure.

The deceased, popularly known as ‘BUMBAM’, was killed alongside two people, including a policeman and motorcyclist, on Thursday at Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore Local Government Area.

The statement read: “NUJ Ondo council on Thursday received the news of the gruesome killing of one of its members in a bank robbery with grief and disbelief.

“His untimely killing by dare-devil armed robbers at Ilara-Mokin is the highest level of callousness, wickedness, and unforgivable act of cutting short the life of one of our Brightest, Cerebral and Versatile colleagues.

“It is indeed a case of ‘Sunset at Noon’ in Ondo State journalism fraternity.

“The NUJ would missed his huge contributions to Ondo NUJ and unionism in the state as he anchored the 2020 December’s  Press Week and Workers’ Day celebrations free of charge.

“We register our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the wife, children, family, Media Professionals (especially ORANGE FM/OSRC), friends, and Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, where Bunmi was recently appointed as the Public Relations Officer, over this irreparable loss.

“We equally condole families and colleagues of the policeman and motorcyclist killed in the bank robbery.

“While declaring Seven Days of Mourning, the Ondo NUJ demands that security operatives should do everything humanly possible to bring the perpetrators of the heinous act to justice within the shortest time.”

Afuye worked with the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) and Orange FM before he resigned to join Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, as its new Public Relations Officer (PRO).