Veteran Journalist Tajudeen Adigun Passes Away
By Trek Africa Newspaper
The Nation newspaper mourns the loss of its journalist, Tajudeen Adigun, whose body was found on Wednesday night in Daleko, Isolo, after he failed to return home following production. Adigun, a dedicated sub-editor at Sporting Life, was recovered by the police around midnight near the GTBank branch. This tragic event marks the third staff death for the organization in the last 12 months, as reported by Trek Africa Newspaper.
Mr. Tajudeen Adigun died exactly three months after Mr. Asa Sunday, and exactly 12 months after Mr. AbdulWasiu Adeyemi, whom he was employed to replace on sub-desk of Sporting Life, the sports paper of the Nation newspapers,” a staff of The Nation told Platforms Africa, after his anonymity was assured.
A police source at the station in Isolo confirmed the incident to Platforms Africa, noting that the corpse, which was recovered from the scene after the police were alerted around midnight of Wednesday, July 16, 2024, has been deposited at the mortuary
The remains have been taken to Ibadan, where the family of the deceased resides for burial according to Islamic rites.
Meanwhile, emotions have been pouring among staff of the newspapers who took to the staff WhatsApp group to express feelings as they pen tributes.
“This is one death too many. Exactly 3 months after the demise of Mr. Asa Sunday, this one happened again. May God forgive their shortcomings. May He end the untimely death among us,” one of his colleagues wrote on the staff WhatsApp group
The late Tajudeen Adigun, always conscious with his Salat. He still prayed Solatul Ishai in the mosque on Wednesday night before his death.”
His corpse, it was gathered, was recovered in front of GTBank Daleko near Isolo a few meters to his Isolo residence. Those who saw him when he left office after 10 pm when he finished production same day said he trekked down to Isolo from Fatai Atere where the Nation is located to Daleko Bridge. He does this every day if there is no one to lift him, “another colleague said.
“Some have said he slumped and died others suspected he could have been attacked as he usually walk on that axis anytime he does not get any of us, his colleagues who owns a car, to offer him a lift to isolo.”
