Thursday, November 7

Mother of Slain Journalist Dele Giwa Dies at 87

The mother of journalist Dele Giwa, victim of the fatal 1986 parcel bomb, is dead.

Elekia Giwa died early Friday morning at a local hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos. She was aged 89.

Her son, the late Dele Giwa, was the renowned journalist who was killed in with a parcel bomb during the deadly days of the Ibrahim Babangida military junta.

Law enforcement agencies never held responsible for his death.

Ronke Aboaba, the deceased’s daughter, said that the family is making arrangements to take her to the morgue at the General Hospital, Ikorodu.

She said that details of the burial arrangements will be made public soon.

 

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