Story by Niyi Tabiti
Chief Reporter
The remains of late Marketing/Advertising writer ,Thisday Newspapers,Mr.Tunmise Adekunle was laid to rest on Thurday 18 January 2008 at the Atan Cementary,Yaba-Lagos.Friends,relatives and collegues from far and near came to the Burial location of the prolific journalist.
The body left Omega Mortuary,a divison of Bemil Group in Lagos around 12.noon.The body was lowered into the grave after a short sermon by a Jehovah Witness preacher at exactly 1:49 P.M
Tunmise was found dead in his Ojodu apartment due to what first hand observers describe as heart complications.The 37 year old and unmarried journalist came back from London four days before the unfortunate incident.He reportedly put a call through to his mother that day to bring him pepper soup.Unfortunately,he died few minutes before the woman came.
Two days before he was buried,there was a small session in his honour at Tokunbo Modupe's TPT office in Magodo,GRA.There was also a candle light at Feminar Cafe on Wednesday 17 January,2008.
Coincidentally,the day Tunmise was being buried was the day activities for the final burial of the late father of the publisher of Thisday started in Delta State.
Alot of people in the marketing/Advertising business in Nigeria were there to celebrate the short but eventful life of Tunmise.
N.B-Due to a comment by one of the readers,i had to remove the picture of the deceased earlier posted with the story.What you want is just what we would do.Nothing was done in bad faith.It is just a way of embellishing stories with pictures.Thank you
Hello Niyi, I do not know the rules of using such pictures in Nigeria but I have to say that I find this extremely disrespectful. Also, you should have put a warning up for those that come on the blog.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't you have used a picture of when he was alive?
This is extremely disturbing. I do not know how people relate to death in Nigeria but for me, this was not done in good taste at all, that is my honest opinion.
Did The Late Tunmise Adekunle attend All Saints Anglican School Yaba. Please put a picture of him up on you site.
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