Members of the Nigerian Union Of Journalist in Osun state, Friday lost a colleague to an auto crash which claimed four other lives along Gbongan/Ibadan road.
Nathaniel Abimbola until his death, was the Osun state broadcasting corporation’s correspondent at the state House of Assembly.
Mr Abimbila was said to be going for a church programme in Ibadan when the accident occurred.
The news of his death, was made known by the NUJ secretary in the state, Comrade Boladale Bamgbola.
Boladale in a WhatsApp message wrote “The death has just occurred of OSBC State House of Assembly correspondent, Mr. Nathaniel Abimbola’.
Meanwhile,the Osun State House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon Najeem Salaam has described as a rude shock, the death of Nathaniel Abimbola.
In a statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, the Assembly said the report of Nathaniel’s death was like a strange dream that one would never wish it comes to reality.
Describing the death of ‘Nath’ as popularly called as pathetic, the parliament said it was difficult to come to terms with the reality of his death.
According to the parliament, the humble character, dedication to job and respect for all possesed by the deceased would be greatly missed.
The assembly thus condoled with his immediate family, OSBC family, pen pushers in the state and the state parliament over the death of the late journalists.
