Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom.
The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has commiserated with the media community across the country and the Benue Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the death of its Chairman, Mr. David Ukuma.
The NAN reports that Ukuma died in the early hours of Saturday at the Benue University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi., after a brief illness
Governor Ortom described Ukuma’s demise as “painful, not only to his family and NUJ but also to the state at large”.
The Benue governor said Ukuma was a promising leader and versatile broadcaster whose talent and selfless disposition would be dearly missed.
governor Ortom appealed to the deceased’s family and his colleagues to take solace in the fact that the deceased was the chairman of the union and lived a life worthy of emulation.
He, therefore, prayed to God to grant Ukuma eternal rest and the family the fortitude to bear the loss.