SOKOTO– The Guardian Newspaper correspondent in Sokoto State, Mr Eric Meya has passed on after a brief illness suspected to be Covid-19.
According to the statement released by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto State Council which stated that Meya passed on at the Usmanu Dan Fodio Hospital on Monday, 4th May, 2020.
“The Nigeria Union of journalists (NUJ) Sokoto State Council has regretted to announce the death of one of its member and Correspondent of the Guardian Newspaper in the state, Mr. Eric Meya”
“Secretary of the Secretary, Abubakar Awwal confirmed his death today. Meya passed on today at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospal after a brief illness” the statement reads
The Chairman of the council, Isa Abubakar Shuni described the death as a monumental loss to the entire practicing journalists in the state.
“We lost a committed, hardworking and very jovial member who is not afraid of calling a spade, a spade no matter whose ox is gored. May his soul rest on,” he said.
Although as at the time of his demise, the Covid-19 test conducted on the deceased had not returned. However, when the result came in today, it turned out the late Meya had died of Covid-19
His burial arrangement will be announced later by his family.
